ARMAVISCON IN RECOVERY TREATMENT OF SOLDIERS WITH GONARTROSIS

The improvement of restorative treatments for patients with knee gonarthrosis has so far remained one of the most pressing and complex problems of modern reabilitology. Despite the wide range of drugs available, and the manipulations and physiotherapy methods used, the recovery of motor activity in military personnel when gonarthrosis is exacerbated remains a difficult task, requiring an integrated approach to its solution. To this end, the Department of Surgery of Injuries and Limb Diseases of the Clinic of Outpatient and Polyclinic Care of the S.M. Kirov Military medical academy treated 70 soldiers with gonarthrosis of the knee joint with intra-articular injection therapy hyaluronates (Armaviscon). Clinical method, radiation diagnostic methods were used to assess the initial condition of the affected joint and clinical effectiveness. The clinical study included military personnel whose military work involves heavy loads on the lower limbs between the ages of 21 and 84 suffering from deforming arthrosis. Analysis of the obtained data showed safety and sufficient effectiveness of "Armaviskon" application in treatment of knee joint gonarthrosis in patients. The highest efficacy of the drug was observed at the early stages of gonarthrosis development.

gonarthrosis, hyaluronic acid, soldiers, Armaviscon, knee joint