Kazan medical journalKazan medical journal0368-48142587-9359Eco-Vector10525410.17816/kazmj105254Research ArticleStatic and traumatic diseases of the knee jointKrasnovA. F.<p>Prof., Head of the Department of Hospital Surgery</p>info@eco-vector.comKuibyshev Medical Institute1510196950537432303202223032022Copyright © 1969, Eco-Vector1969<p>Attention is drawn to the high frequency of diseases of the knee joint in comparison with other departments of the musculoskeletal system. For 22 years (from 1947 to 1968), 8,106 patients were operated on in the orthopedic department of our department, including 1,394 (17.2%) with various knee joint pathology. Over the same years, 47,410 patients with diseases of the musculoskeletal system were admitted to the consultation center, 10,159 of them with knee joint pathology (21.4%).</p>Kazan Medical archiveКазанский медицинский архив