INFLAMMATORY JOINT DISEASE

○ Removal of the synovia to help maintain joint function

○ Bony fusion of a joint to regain some mobility

○ replacement of diseased joints with artificial joints

○ Performed to restore motion to a joint and function to the

muscles, ligaments, and other soft tissue structures that control a

joint

characterized by stiffening and fusion (ankylosis)

of spine and sacroiliac joints.

usually develops in late adolescence

or young adulthood.

affects older age groups, often

associated with inflammatory diseases

○ A systemic disease in which urate crystals deposit in joints and

other body tissues

results from a disorder of purine metabolism

• primary gout

• secondary gout

involves excessive uric acid in the blood that is

caused by another disease

• primary gout

• secondary gout