Twenty-eight patients with displaced intra-articular fractures of the calcaneus treated by open reduction and fixation were compared with 30 patients with similar fractures treated conservatively. Judged by the clinical and radiographic criteria results were more satisfactory in the surgical group than in the nonoperative group, although high rates of poor results were encountered in both groups.
Intra-articular injection of Au-198 (gold synoviorthesis) has been used in the treatment of repeated haemarthroses of the elbows, knees, or ankles in 64 haemophiliacs. These patients had continued to have joint haemorrhages despite appropriate, episodic, substitutive therapy over a period of more than six months. Follow-up for an average period of 14 years in one knee in 38 male haemophiliacs showed 8 good, 23 fair, and 7 poor results with regard to their joint scores. It is concluded that Au-198 is an effective agent for radiation synovectomy, particularly in the early stages of the disease with minimal radiographic changes. It appears to reduce the incidence of haemarthrosis and to slow the rate of evolution of radiographic changes.
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