[Synovectomy of the knee joint and postoperative exercise treatment in peridural anesthesia and analgesia].

The operative treatment of synovialitides of the knee-joint requires apart from an exact operative technique an effective postoperative therapy. The painless postoperative gymnastik treatment is an important factor to achieve a satisfactory result of therapy. The exercise of this "wounded articulation" by the "Frankfurter-mowing splint" needs sufficient analgesie for a long period which will be attained through our experience under continuous epidural anaesthesia and analgesia.