Osteoarthrosis of the knee and indications for treatment

Volume: 23 Number: 5 September 11, 2006
  • Veli Lok
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Osteoarthrosis of the knee and indications for treatment

Abstract

The diagnosis of osteoarthrosis of the knee, which can be either primary or secondary, usually causes no problem. Patients with preservation of half of the joint space can be treated medically and mild osteoarthrosis with preservation of half of the joint space can be controlled by conservative measures. Patients with mild osteorthrosis may benefit from debridement as well. When the dejenerative changes involve one compartment, the patients under the age of 70 and the compartment is subject to incresed stress, osteotomy is indicated. Hemiarthroplasty may provide adequate relief in old patients whose varus or valgus defortmity can be passively corrected. ln severe osteoarthrosis of the knee, in patients of more than 70 years of age total joint replacement is the treatment of choice. In a younger person with severe osteoarthrosis limited to knee, arthrodesis may be performed.

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Veli Lok This is me

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September 11, 2006

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March 6, 2014

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Year 1989 Volume: 23 Number: 5

APA
Lok, V. (2006). Osteoarthrosis of the knee and indications for treatment. Acta Orthopaedica et Traumatologica Turcica, 23(5), 241-243. https://doi.org/10.3944/aott.v23i5.1085
AMA
1.Lok V. Osteoarthrosis of the knee and indications for treatment. Acta Orthopaedica et Traumatologica Turcica. 2006;23(5):241-243. doi:10.3944/aott.v23i5.1085
Chicago
Lok, Veli. 2006. “Osteoarthrosis of the Knee and Indications for Treatment”. Acta Orthopaedica et Traumatologica Turcica 23 (5): 241-43. https://doi.org/10.3944/aott.v23i5.1085.
EndNote
Lok V (September 1, 2006) Osteoarthrosis of the knee and indications for treatment. Acta Orthopaedica et Traumatologica Turcica 23 5 241–243.
IEEE
[1]V. Lok, “Osteoarthrosis of the knee and indications for treatment”, Acta Orthopaedica et Traumatologica Turcica, vol. 23, no. 5, pp. 241–243, Sept. 2006, doi: 10.3944/aott.v23i5.1085.
ISNAD
Lok, Veli. “Osteoarthrosis of the Knee and Indications for Treatment”. Acta Orthopaedica et Traumatologica Turcica 23/5 (September 1, 2006): 241-243. https://doi.org/10.3944/aott.v23i5.1085.
JAMA
1.Lok V. Osteoarthrosis of the knee and indications for treatment. Acta Orthopaedica et Traumatologica Turcica. 2006;23:241–243.
MLA
Lok, Veli. “Osteoarthrosis of the Knee and Indications for Treatment”. Acta Orthopaedica et Traumatologica Turcica, vol. 23, no. 5, Sept. 2006, pp. 241-3, doi:10.3944/aott.v23i5.1085.
Vancouver
1.Veli Lok. Osteoarthrosis of the knee and indications for treatment. Acta Orthopaedica et Traumatologica Turcica. 2006 Sep. 1;23(5):241-3. doi:10.3944/aott.v23i5.1085