Efficacy of low-dose radiotherapy in painful gonarthritis: experiences from a retrospective East German bicenter study.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

To evaluate the efficacy of low-dose radiotherapy in painful gonarthritis.

Methods

We assessed the medical records of 1037 patients with painful gonarthritis who had undergone low-dose radiotherapy between 1981 and 2008. The subjective patient perception of the response to irradiation as graded immediately or up to two months after the completion of a radiotherapy series was evaluated and correlated with age, gender, radiological grading and the duration of symptoms before radiotherapy. Moreover, we performed a mail survey to obtain additional long-term follow-up information and received one hundred and six evaluable questionnaires.

Results

We assessed 1659 series of radiotherapy in 1037 patients. In 79.3% of the cases the patients experienced a slight, marked

SUBMITTER: Keller S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3582586 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature