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Treatment of septic arthritis of the knee: a comparison between arthroscopy and arthrotomy.

Böhler C1, Dragana M2, Puchner S2, Windhager R2, Holinka J2.
Knee surgery, sports traumatology, arthroscopy : official journal of the ESSKA.Knee Surg Sports Traumatol Arthrosc.2016 Oct;24(10):3147-3154. Epub 2015 May 28.
PURPOSE: The aim of this study was to compare the efficacy of arthroscopy and arthrotomy in patients with septic monarthritis of the knee.METHODS: Seventy consecutive patients who underwent surgery because of a bacterial monarthritis were evaluated. Patients were either treated with arthroscopy or w
PMID 26017744

Thrum S1, Trawinski H2, Ewens S3, Baerwald C4.
Zeitschrift fur Rheumatologie.Z Rheumatol.2015 Dec;74(10):919-22. doi: 10.1007/s00393-015-0012-z.
A 47-year-old male patient presented with a 6-month history of a painful swelling in the region of the right sternoclavicular joint together with fatigue. Initial investigations including X-rays of the sternoclavicular joint did not reveal any pathological conditions. Eventually, a CT scan revealed
PMID 26572764

Key role of suppressor of cytokine signaling 3 in regulating gp130 cytokine-induced signaling and limiting chondrocyte responses during murine inflammatory arthritis.

Liu X1, Croker BA, Campbell IK, Gauci SJ, Alexander WS, Tonkin BA, Walsh NC, Linossi EM, Nicholson SE, Lawlor KE, Wicks IP.
Arthritis & rheumatology (Hoboken, N.J.).Arthritis Rheumatol.2014 Sep;66(9):2391-402. doi: 10.1002/art.38701.
OBJECTIVE: To examine the impact of the gp130 cytokine family on murine articular cartilage and to explore a potential regulatory role of suppressor of cytokine signaling 3 (SOCS-3) in murine chondrocytes.METHODS: In wild-type (WT) mouse chondrocytes, baseline receptor expression levels and gp130 cy
PMID 24839265