L L Heuft-Dorenbosch1, H C de Vet, S van der Linden. 1. Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, University Hospital Maastricht, Maastricht, The Netherlands. eheuf@sint.azm.nl
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: To consider the question: How strong is the evidence in favour of yttrium synovectomy in chronic knee arthritis in patients with rheumatoid arthritis in comparison with placebo and intra-articular steroid treatment? METHODS: A systematic review of the literature was performed using Medline and the Embase database. RESULTS: Initially, seven papers were identified, but only two met the inclusion criteria. Neither study showed evidence in favour of yttrium synovectomy. CONCLUSION: From the point of view of evidence based medicine it should be seriously questioned whether yttrium synovectomy deserves a place in clinical practice.
OBJECTIVE: To consider the question: How strong is the evidence in favour of yttrium synovectomy in chronic knee arthritis in patients with rheumatoid arthritis in comparison with placebo and intra-articularsteroid treatment? METHODS: A systematic review of the literature was performed using Medline and the Embase database. RESULTS: Initially, seven papers were identified, but only two met the inclusion criteria. Neither study showed evidence in favour of yttrium synovectomy. CONCLUSION: From the point of view of evidence based medicine it should be seriously questioned whether yttrium synovectomy deserves a place in clinical practice.
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