Findings
Introduction
Materials and methods
Patients
Y-90 radiosynoviorthesis procedure
Imaging
Image assessment
Clinical assessment
Statistical analysis
Results
Patient characteristics
Planar imaging pattern |
P value | ||
---|---|---|---|
Diffuse (n = 33) | Non-diffuse (n = 18) | ||
Age (mean +/− SD) | 43 +/− 16 | 49 +/− 11 | 0.16 |
Sex | |||
M | 22 (67 %) | 10 (56 %) | 0.43 |
F | 11 (33 %) | 8 (44 %) | |
Indication | |||
Haemophilia | 19 (58 %) | 6 (33 %) | 0.10 |
Non-haemophilia | 14 (42 %) | 12 (67 %) | |
Clinical response | |||
Overall response (CCI ≥ 6) | 8 (24 %) | 6 (33 %) | 0.49 |
Median CCI | 2 (0.9–7.1) | 4 (1.0–5.3) | 0.40 |
CCI classification | |||
0–4 | 22 (67 %) | 11 (61 %) | 0.90 |
4–8 | 9 (27 %) | 5 (28 %) | |
8–12 | 2 (6 %) | 2 (11 %) | |
Improvement in clinical variables | |||
VAS | 3 (9 %) | 4 (22 %) | 0.23 |
Disability | 20 (61 %) | 11 (61 %) | 0.97 |
Tenderness | 15 (45 %) | 11 (61 %) | 0.29 |
Effusion (n = 45) | 14 (50 %) | 6 (35 %) | 0.34 |
Swelling (n = 47) | 6 (21 %) | 4 (22 %) | 1.00 |
Patient assessment | 10 (30 %) | 8 (44 %) | 0.31 |
Clinician assessment | 14 (42 %) | 10 (56 %) | 0.37 |
Extra-articular Y-90 activity | 0 (0 %) | 3 (17 %) | 0.04 |
Nodal leak | 0 (0 %) | 2 (11 %) | 0.12 |
Systemic leak | 0 (0 %) | 0 (0 %) | 1.00 |