Biochemical Changes in Tissues and Synovial Fluid of Hip Joint in Congenital and Degenerative-Dystrophic Diseases in Children and Adolescents

Abstract

Results of biochemical analysis of hip tissues (femoral head cartilage, proximal femur bone tissue, scarry tissue from hip cavity) and synovial fluid in 72 children and adolescents (aged 1 - 18 years) with congenital and pathologic hip dislocation, Legg-Calve-Perthes disease, femoral head aseptic necrosis and early coxarthrosis are presented. In tissue samples the content of hydroxyproline, hexuronic acids and hexoses was determined. In synovial fluid the content of hyaluronic acid, total protein and protein fractions, albumin, glucose and alkaline phosphatase activity was analyzed. It was detected that in congenital and acquired hip pathology the articular cartilage showed increased content of hydroxyproline, disorders of glycosaminoglycan metabolism and shift in glycoprotein metabolism indicative of destructive changes of basic cartilaginous tissue substance. Changes of synovial fluid chemical composition confirmed the disturbance of synovium permeability and were closely related to the clinical picture of metabolic-dystrophic changes in the joint.