[Clinical, x-ray and arthroscopic parallels in initial stages of deforming arthrosis of the knee joint]

The study is based on the results of a clinical, roentgenologic and arthroscopic examination of 166 patients at the early stages of development of deforming arthrosis of the knee joint. The peculiarities of the early clinical, roentgenologic and arthroscopic symptoms and their relationship with the causative factors of the development of the disease have been investigated. The parallels between clinical and roentgenologic manifestations have been determined with regard to the degree of the degree of the degenerative and dystrophic changes in the articular cartilage, which is of major importance for the early diagnosis and the development of rational treatment of this pathologic condition.