{"id":39570,"date":"2021-04-06T11:37:24","date_gmt":"2021-04-06T09:37:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.yuveo.eu\/lexikon\/radiosynoviorthesis-for-rhizarthrosis-of-the-thumb\/"},"modified":"2025-08-28T15:52:24","modified_gmt":"2025-08-28T13:52:24","slug":"radiosynoviorthesis-for-rhizarthrosis-of-the-thumb","status":"publish","type":"encyclopedia","link":"https:\/\/www.yuveo.de\/en\/lexikon\/radiosynoviorthesis-for-rhizarthrosis-of-the-thumb\/","title":{"rendered":"Radiosynoviorthesis for rhizarthrosis of the thumb"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Radiosynoviorthesis<\/strong> is used for the <strong>conservative<\/strong> treatment of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yuveo.de\/en\/hand\/rhizarthrosis\/\">rhizarthrosis<\/a> = osteoarthritis of the thumb saddle joint.<\/p>\n<h2>Radioactive material for conservative therapy<\/h2>\n<p>In this treatment, a<strong> radioactive material<\/strong> (186 rhenium) is injected into the thumb saddle joint. This leads to a reduction in the activity of the wear and tear disease, including a <strong>reduction in swelling and pain<\/strong>. <\/p>\n<h2>Duration of effect<\/h2>\n<p>Patience is sometimes required for 3 months until the full effect is achieved. The <strong>duration of effect<\/strong> is a few years (on average <strong>2 years<\/strong>). Radiosynoviorthesis can be used repeatedly.  <\/p>\n<h2>Complications of this treatment for rhizarthrosis<\/h2>\n<p>However, it should not be concealed that <strong>complications<\/strong> can also occur here. These include infection, the death of tissue and adhesions of surrounding structures (e.g. tendons and ligaments) resulting in a stiffening of the thumb saddle joint. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Radiosynoviorthesis is used for the conservative treatment of rhizarthrosis = osteoarthritis of the thumb saddle joint. Radioactive material for conservative therapy In this treatment, a radioactive material (186 rhenium) is injected into the thumb saddle joint. This leads to a reduction in the activity of the wear and tear disease, including a reduction in swelling [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"template":"","encyclopedia-tag":[159,161,158,160],"class_list":["post-39570","encyclopedia","type-encyclopedia","status-publish","hentry","encyclopedia-tag-arthrose","encyclopedia-tag-daumen","encyclopedia-tag-daumensattelgelenk","encyclopedia-tag-rhizarthrose"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yuveo.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/encyclopedia\/39570","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yuveo.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/encyclopedia"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yuveo.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/encyclopedia"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yuveo.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yuveo.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39570"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"encyclopedia-tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yuveo.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/encyclopedia-tag?post=39570"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}