synovectomy
Sign in to saveSynovectomy is the surgical removal of the synovial tissue surrounding a joint. This procedure is typically recommended to provide relief from a condition in which the synovial membrane or the joint lining becomes inflamed and irritated and is not controlled by medication alone. If arthritis (inflammation of the joint) is not controlled, it can lead to irreversible joint damage. The synovial membrane or "synovium" encloses each joint and also secretes a lubricating fluid that allows different joint motions such as rolling, folding and stretching. When the synovium becomes inflamed or irritated
Research
4,622 papers- Synovitis and synovectomy in haemophilia.Haemophilia : the official journal of the World Federation of Hemophilia · 2021
- Synovectomy in juvenile idiopathic arthritis: A systematic review [corrected].Medicine · 2022
- Role of Synovectomy in Rheumatoid Hand and Wrist.Hand clinics · 2025
- Current role for radioisotope synovectomy.Joint bone spine · 2018
- Dosimetry perspectives in radiation synovectomy.Physica medica : PM : an international journal devoted to the applications of physics to medicine and biology : official journal of the Italian Association of Biomedical Physics (AIFB) · 2018
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6 sectionsContents
- Indications
- Pigmented villonodular synovitis (PVNS)
- Rheumatoid arthritis (RA)
- Variants
- See also
- References
Synovectomy is the surgical removal of the synovial tissue surrounding a joint. This procedure is typically recommended to provide relief from a condition in which the synovial membrane or the joint lining becomes inflamed and irritated and is not controlled by medication alone. If arthritis (inflammation of the joint) is not controlled, it can lead to irreversible joint damage. The synovial membrane or "synovium" encloses each joint and also secretes a lubricating fluid that allows different joint motions such as rolling, folding and stretching. When the synovium becomes inflamed or irritated, it increases fluid production, resulting in warmth, tenderness, and swelling in and around the joint.
A synovectomy is a procedure often suggested for those with rheumatoid arthritis or other forms of inflammatory arthritis when non-operative treatments have failed. This procedure can be performed in several ways, namely surgical synovectomy, chemical synovectomy and radiological.