Outcomes of hand surgery in the patient with rheumatoid arthritis

Current Opinion in Rheumatology

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 336-341

  Chung, Kevin C ^a   Kotsis, Sandra V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Hand; Outcomes; Reconstruction; Rheumatoid arthritis; Wrist

Indexed keywords

ARTHROPLASTY; HAND FUNCTION; HAND MALFORMATION; HAND RECONSTRUCTION; HAND SURGERY; HUMAN; JOINT DESTRUCTION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SILICONE METACARPOPHALANGEAL ARTHROPLASTY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING; WRIST;

ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, FINGER; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HAND; HUMANS; METACARPOPHALANGEAL JOINT; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77950257377     PISSN: 10408711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BOR.0b013e3283369c9d     Document Type: Review

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