Scientific Unit for Clinical and Medical Research, Osijek University Hospital
Abstract
U 86 bolesnika sa sumnjom na hondromalaciju patele učinjena je termografska obrada aparatom AGA 780 Medical. Uredan termografski nalaz nađen je u 19 (22%) bolesnika, u kojih je postavljena klinička dijagnoza jednostrane (12) ili obostrane (7) hondromalacije. Termografski nalaz obostrane hondromalacije nađen je ne samo u 24 bolesnika u kojih je dijagnoza utvrđena klinički, nego i u 9 bolesnika s dijagnozom jednostrane hondromalacije, te u 2 bolesnika s jasnim subjektivnim znac.\u27ma obolje nja bez kliničkih znakova. U 4 bolesnika termogram je otkrio druga oboljenja. Operacija koljena potvrdila je termografski nalaz u 69% slučajeva, što govori da je, osim artroskopije, termografija momentalno najvrednija metoda u dijagnostici hondromalacije patele.In 86 patients suspected for chondromalacia patellae — the thermographic evaluation with AGA 780 Medical equipment was applied. 19 patients (22%) with unilateral (12) or bilateral (7) clinical diagnosis had normal thermograms. Abnormal thermogram in both knees was found not only in 24 patients with clinical diagnosis of bilateral involvement but also in 9 patients with unilateral chondromalacia. The thermogram showed the presence of other rheumatic diseases (not chondromalacia) in 4 patients. Thermographic findings were confirmed operatively in 69% cases what suggests that, next to artroscopy, thermography is in this moment, the most useful method in detecting chondromalacia patellae
