Ionization with diclofenac sodium in rheumatic disorders: a double-blind placebo-controlled trial.

A double-blind randomized study was performed to compare ionization with diclofenac sodium (150 mg) and ionization with saline solution in two groups of patients with scapulo-humeral periarthritis or elbow epicondylitis. The subjects of both groups were treated with 20 ionization sessions each lasting 30 minutes during a 1-month period. There was a significantly greater improvement in pain at rest, pain on pressure, pain on movement and joint swelling in the eleven patients treated with diclofenac compared with the thirteen placebo-treated patients, but no significant differences between the two treatments as regards functional impairment.

[Synthetic salmon calcitonin. Treatment of choice in Sudeck's disease].

56 cases of primary and post-traumatic Sudeck's disease, treated with Sandoz synthetic salmon calcitonine are reported. The results obtained suggest that this drug should be considered of choice in this type of pathology provided it is administered with the right, highish doses. 2 completely cured cases of stemming of bone cyst using the same product are also reported.

Arthroprosthesis of the ankle joint.

The authors report the results obtained with arthroprostheses of the ankle joint in twelve patients. The surgical indications were severe post-traumatic degenerative, lesions, rheumatoid arthritis and post-traumatic necrosis of the talus. The types of prosthesis used were the St.