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© 1996 British Society for Rheumatology

Proposed Scoring System for Assessing Synovial Membrane Abnormalities at Arthroscopy in Knee Osteoarthritis

X. Ayral*, A. Mayoux-Benhamou{dagger} and M. Dougados*

* Departments of Rheumatology Hôpital Cochin, Universiti Rene Descartes Paris, France
{dagger} Departments of Rehabilitation, Hôpital Cochin, Universiti René Descartes Paris, France

Correspondence to: Correspondence to: Xavier Ayral, Clinique de Rhumatologie, Hôpital Cochin, 27, rue du Faubourg Saint-Jaques, 75014 Paris, France.


  Abstract

The synovial membrane is thought to play an important role in both the clinical and the anatomical evolution of ostcoarthritia Arthroscopy performed under local anaesthesia on an outpatient basis has been proposed as a means of cartilage and synovial assessment for research purposes. The authors propose a scoring system for assessing anterior synovial abnormalities at arthroscopy in knee osteoarthritis. This synovitis score takes into account the intensity and the extent of synovial lesions.

KEY WORDS: Arthroscopy, Knee osteoarthritis, Synovium, Synovitis score


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