کد مقاله | کد نشریه | سال انتشار | مقاله انگلیسی | نسخه تمام متن |
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4118458 | 1270332 | 2012 | 4 صفحه PDF | دانلود رایگان |
SummaryOrthopaedic literature regarding lower limb joints reports a decline in operative management of rheumatoid arthritis since the 1980s. We investigated whether the demand for hand surgery for rheumatoid disease had changed over the last 13 years in our unit. Data for all patients undergoing operative treatment for rheumatoid arthritis of the hand and wrist over a 13-year period were analysed. Between 1996 and 2009, 1,069 patients with rheumatoid disease (182 men, 887 women) underwent a total of 1,109 hand surgery procedures. The operations were synovectomy (430, 39%), arthroplasty (252, 23%), arthrodesis (194, 18%) and tendon surgery (233, 21.0%). Linear regression analysis showed a statistically significant decrease in the number of synovectomies, arthroplasties and arthrodeses between 1996 and 2009, but no decrease in tendon surgery. We explore possible factors responsible for this change in operative workload.
Journal: Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive & Aesthetic Surgery - Volume 65, Issue 6, June 2012, Pages 800–803