Experience of gonarthrosis treatment by injections of medicinal preparations through intraarticular puncture

The researches have been done to define the efficiency of gonarthrosis treatment by means of knee joint puncture at a point above the medial condyle of the tibia, below the lower edge of the base of the patella and medial to the patellar tendon. The researched point is determined and punctured when bending the lower limb at the knee joint at an angle of 95-110 degrees, the axis of the needle must comply with the longitudinal axis of the femur, roughly parallel to the medial femoral condyle. The intraarticular joint injections have been performed in 12 patients having the osteoarthritis in stage II-III and reactive synovitis. All patients reported an immediate positive effect of reducing pain and increasing physical activity in the joint and the duration of walking. In comparing with the other points of puncture this one is simple in performing and safer.