Úrskepandi sjúkur í liðum og ryggi

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Published Jan 1, 1960
Bendt Jensen

Abstract

In this paper is given a thoroughsgoing description of the degenerative diseases of the joints and spine, and new points of view are put forward with special references to the etiology.

The pathologicalsanatomical changes are described, and a brief survey of the symptoms is given.

The treatment (physical, medical, and surgical) of these diseases is described and dscussed, the greatest importance being attached to the description of intraarticular injections of hydrocortone, with full references to articles by Hollander, Howard, Stevenson, Duff, Egilius, and others. The tecnical skill and the dosage of hydrocortone are thoroughly described, and the importance of sufficient doses is emphasized (large joints 125 mg, smaller joints 62^2 mg).

78 patients casually picked out of a greater number treated in the medical department, the county hospital Næstved, Denmark, from 1954 to 1959, are critically reviewed. In tables the author gives a survey of the group of patients in question with regard to age, sex, dosage, and result of treatment.

The paper is finished with a detailed discussion about the degenerative diseases in joints and spine, and the author puts forward lines for treatment profylactically and therapeutically, and reflexions on other diseases in joints and bones are put forward, and newer serological tests are mentioned.

Finally it emphasizes the hazard in treating these diseases with cortisone and other steroids.

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Health and Medicine