The treatments for knee degeneration include medication, surgery, and physical therapy, and there is no clear “best” clinical treatment.
1. Drug treatment: non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs such as celecoxib and etoricoxib can eliminate local aseptic inflammation and reduce pain; intra-articular injection of glucocorticoids and sodium vitrate can lubricate the joint and relieve pain.
2. Surgical treatment: For young patients with small cartilage defects, autologous osteochondral transplantation, chondrocyte transplantation and microfracture treatment are feasible. For degenerative changes of knee joints accompanied by obvious pain symptoms, arthroscopic cleanup can be used to remove superfluous organisms such as free bodies and bone redundancy. Artificial knee replacement can restore the joint function and solve the pain completely.
3. Physical therapy: heat therapy, transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation, massage, acupuncture, etc. can help promote local blood circulation and reduce inflammation.
It is recommended that people with degenerative knee joints should consult a doctor in time and standardize the treatment under the guidance of the doctor to avoid delaying the condition.