Current Treatments for Traumatic Synovitis, Capsulitis, and Osteoarthritis

摘要

In its broadest sense, the term traumatic arthritis includes a diverse collection of pathologic and clinical states that develop after single or repetitive episodes of trauma and may include one or all of the following: 1) synovitis (inflammation of the synovial membrane), 2) capsulitis (inflammation of the fibrous joint capsule), 3) sprain (injury of specific ligaments associated with the joint), 4) intra-articular fractures, and 5) meniscal tears (femorotibial joints).