[Comparative study on effects of combined massage-smouldering-washing therapy and mini-invasive surgery in treating knee osteoarthritis].

Objective: To comparatively study the curative effects of combined massage-smouldering-washing therapy (MSW) and mini-invasive surgery in treating knee osteoarthritis (KOA) of mild-moderate degree so as to provide a suitable therapeutic protocol.

Methods: Sixty patients with KOA were assigned to two groups. The treatment group was treated with MSW once a day for 10 days as one course, and 4 courses were applied totally with an interval of 3 days between courses.

[Clinical observation of arthroscopic medial patellofemoral ligament overlap and lateral patellar retinaculum release in treatment of patellofemoral pain syndrome].

Objective: To explore the therapeutic results of surgical treatment for patellofemoral pain syndrome.

Methods: One hundred patients (35 males and 65 females, ranging from 50 to 70 years old with an average age of 63 years) with patellofemoral pain syndrome were randomly and equally divided into treatment group and control group. All patients underwent arthroscopic treatment.