On conservative treatment of degenerative-dystrophic diseases of the hip and knee joints in adults

Out of 360 patients with degenerative-dystrophic diseases of the hip and knee joints who passed through the orthopedic clinic during the five-year period (1984-1988), 175 (48.6%) received conservative treatment. Almost half of the patients had late stages of the pathological process according to the classifications of N.S. Kosinskaya and V.N. Guriev. Their treatment was carried out in accordance with the basic principles developed by Russian scientists. Conservative therapy included unloading of the diseased limb, relief of pain syndrome and improvement of blood circulation in the articular and periarticular tissues.