Treatment of gout, Surgery, Gout

Gout is a clinical syndrome of one or more lesions caused by the deposition of sodium urate or uric acid crystals from supersaturated extracellular fluid into tissues. So what are the common surgeries for gout?

Traditional surgery

There are a large number of urate crystals in the affected joints and tophi, which cause multiple joint involvement and multiple lesions in the body, leading to extensive joint destruction. The above pathological process is difficult to control through simple medical treatment. In order to reduce the total amount of uric acid in the body, prevent further damage to the joints and soft tissues, correct deformities, and retain and improve joint function, it is advisable to use a comprehensive treatment method of surgical treatment as the main method while supplemented by necessary medical treatment to treat gouty arthritis.

Arthroscopic treatment

Arthroscopic surgery can be used for both diagnosis and treatment and has been widely used in the field of joint surgery. Its treatment principle is: cleaning the joint and flushing with a large amount of normal saline to remove the inflammatory urate crystals, shaving the diseased synovium, reducing inflammatory exudate, and removing a large number of white blood cells and inflammatory mediators in the turbid joint fluid.

Joint replacement

Gouty joints can affect multiple joints throughout the body. If the joints are affected and restricted in movement, it may lead to disability and affect the quality of life. Especially when the lesions occur in the knee joint and the first metatarsophalangeal joint, artificial joint replacement surgery is often required to improve the patient's quality of life.