Arthroscopic Synovectomy in Rheumatoid Arthritis

摘要

The use of arthroscopy in treatment of patients afflicted with rheumatoid arthritis is limited to its application in synovectomy. Early reports on the efficacy of arthroscopic synovectomy (AS) in rheumatoid arthritis in the 1980s were restricted to the knee [1-3]. Since this time, the use of arthroscopy has expanded and is used in many different types of joints, and so has the use of AS [4]. Extrapolation of the experience of AS in the knee has subsequently led to its use in the wrist.