Hand and foot surgery rates in rheumatoid arthritis have declined from 1986 to 2011, but large-joint replacement rates remain unchanged: Results from two UK inception cohorts

Arthritis and Rheumatology

Volumn 66, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 1081-1089

  Nikiphorou, Elena ^a,b   Carpenter, Lewis ^c   Morris, Stephen ^b   MacGregor, Alex J ^b   Dixey, Josh ^d   Kiely, Patrick ^e   James, David W ^f   Walsh, David A ^g   Norton, Sam ^h   Young, Adam ^a  

^a St Albans City Hospital   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HERTFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^d NEW CROSS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^e ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^f DIANA PRINCESS OF WALES HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^h KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADALIMUMAB; CORTICOSTEROID; ETANERCEPT; HEMOGLOBIN; HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE; INFLIXIMAB; METHOTREXATE; SALAZOSULFAPYRIDINE;

ADULT; ARTHRODESIS; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL THERAPY; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DAS28; DYNAMIC HIP SCREW; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FOOT RADIOGRAPHY; FOOT SURGERY; HAND RADIOGRAPHY; HAND SURGERY; HEALTH ASSESSMENT QUESTIONNAIRE; HIP ARTHROPLASTY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; JOINT PROSTHESIS; LARGE JOINT REPLACEMENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY (TOPIC); OSTEOSYNTHESIS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SPINE SURGERY; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ADULT; AGED; ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENTS; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; ARTHROPLASTY; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTS; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FOOT JOINTS; GREAT BRITAIN; HAND JOINTS; HIP JOINT; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; KNEE JOINT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORTHOPEDICS; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SHOULDER JOINT;

EID: 84899707304     PISSN: 23265191     EISSN: 23265205     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/art.38344     Document Type: Article

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