title: [Orthopedic surgery in rheumatoid polyarthritis].
abstract: The authors have determined the timing and details of the recourse to surgery in a cohort of 288 non-selected cases of rheumatoid arthritis. This was necessary in one third of the patients after a mean follow-up period of 10 years. The same was true for patients followed up as out-patients as for those hospitalized during the active progress of the disease. Fifteen percent of the patient in the cohort received total replacement of a large joint by a prosthesis. Orthopedic surgery makes a major contribution towards improving the functional prognosis in rheumatoid arthritis.
authors.affiliation: Hôpital Bichat, Service de Rhumatologie, Paris.
authors.forename: M F
authors.initials: MF
authors.lastname: Kahn
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Zenklusen
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Palazzo
mesh_terms: D001172:Arthritis, Rheumatoid / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007595:Joint Prosthesis; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012698:Serologic Tests; D013997:Time Factors
vernacular_title: Le recours à la chirurgie orthopédique dans la polyarthrite rhumatoïde.