Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, 1934;16:671-680.
© 1934 by The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, Inc
KNEE-JOINT VISUALIZATION
A Roentgenographic Study with Iopax
DOUGLAS BOYD M.D.1
1 The Arthritis Clinic, Department of Medicine, Northwestern University Medical School Chicago, Illinois
Thirty per cent. iopax, dissolved in a five-tenths per cent. procaine solution was used to visualize knee joints in a small number of cases. This solution did not cause serious reactions and was quickly absorbed from the joints. The method seems safe and, while it has been used only for diagnostic purposes, it may even yield therapeutic results. The solution used produced a hyperaemia of the synovial membrane, but no cellular exudate.