Progress in the treatment of adult Kashin-Beck disease / 中华地方病学杂志

ABSTRACT

Kashin-Beck disease (KBD) is a kind of endemic osteoarthropathy which etiology and pathological mechanism are not completely clear, and its disability rate is very high. The differences in the patients' conditions and severity of KBD lead to different treatment methods. The common treatment methods include non drug treatment, drug treatment and surgical treatment, and their essence is to reduce the clinical symptoms of patients and improve the quality of life. In order to provide scientific guidance for clinical diagnosis and treatment, this paper reviews the literature and systematically analyzes the treatment of KBD.