Arthroscopic debridement and lavage of knee joint osteoarthrosis

Abstract

Recent advances in instrumentation and the growing understanding of the pathophysiology of osteoarthrosis of the knee joint have led to increase the use of arthroscopy for the management of degenerative arthritis of the knee, during this study 50-patient perform to them arthroscopic debridement and lavage from October 2010- April 2014, 30 male patients and 20 female patient in multi center in Baghdad and Al Najaf cities, patient age range from 40-60 year, all with single knee joints osteoarthrosis, our procedure include debridement and lavage of the hypertrophied synovial and osteophyte and subchondral penetration, in most patient short term symptomatic relieve can be achieved with the arthroscopic debridement and lavage of the osteoarthritic knee joint, the greater symptomatic relieve and more persistent pain relieve can be achieved in patient who have acute onset of pain, mechanical disturbance from cartilage or meniscal fragment, normal knee joint axis, and minimal radiographic evidence of degenerative osteoarthrosis.