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
Author
Nikiphorou, Elena
Carpenter, Lewis
Morris, Stephen
MacGregor, Alex J.
Dixey, Josh
Kiely, P.
Norton, S.
James, David W.
Walsh, D.
Young, Adam
Attention
2299/16160
Abstract
To assess whether there have been any secular changes in orthopedic interventions in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) since 1986, as examined in 2 early rheumatoid arthritis (RA) inception cohorts with up to 25 years of followup