関節遊離体の統計的観察
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We observed 27 cases of loose bodies in a period from 1967 to 1977. These loose bodies classified 3 groups, 12 osteochondritis dissecans, 11 osteochondromatosis and others of 4 cases (unknown of origin, surgicaly and pathologicaly) .<BR>They were found in the elbow joint in 11 cases, in the knee joint in 11 cases, in the ankle joint in 4 cases and the MP joint of the 2 nd toe in 1 case. The results of observations are summarized as follows :<BR>1) The patients were eighteen to eighty years of age and forty-three on an average.<BR>Osteochondritis dissecans was found in patients of twenty to eighty years (thirty-four on an average) and osteochondromatosis was found in patients of thirty-one to seventy-four (fifty-one on an average) . The sex ratio of the patients with loose bodies was 1.7: 1 as a whole, that is, the diseases were more frequent in males than in females. When the patients were examined by age, osteochondritis dissecans was frequent in men in their thirties and osteochondromatosis was frequent in a little older patients irrespective of sex.<BR>2) In the 27 cases of loose bodies, osteochondritis dissecans and osteochondromatosis were observed mostly to affect the elbow and the knee joint respectively.<BR>3) The relation between the onset of loose bodies and patient's occupation was unknown.<BR>4) Traumas were considered to have some relation to the onset of osteochondritis dissecans.<BR>5) Chief complaints of patients with loose bodies were mostly pain and a limited range of motion, and the pain was pain of motion in most cases.
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