SURGICAL TREATMENT OF ARTHRITIS
BOSTON DOCTORS CLAIM SUCCESS
(Rec. 9 p.m.) NEW YORK, Oct. 12. A small piece of nylon inserted in a leg may be a boon to sufferers from arthritis, judging by the results of a knee joint operation developed by two Boston men. Dr. John Kuhns and Dr. Theodore Potter.
"Nylon arthroplasty.” as the operation is called, involves the insertion of nylon sheeting between bone ends at the knee. This enables once-stiffen-ed joints to move.
Dr. Kuhns said the nylon replaced cartilage destroyed by inflammation arising from chronic arthritis. Nine of the 20 patients at a hospital had regained theii ability to bend their knees at an angle of 70 degrees, and 10 others had achieved painless motion.
One operation had been complicated by impaired blood supply, and had been unsuccessful. The operation took only about an hour.
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Press, Volume LXXXV, Issue 25934, 14 October 1949, Page 7
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