title: Treatment of tenosynovitis in rheumatoid arthritis.
abstract: Tenosynovitis in the hand of a patient with rheumatoid arthritis will occur in common sites. If the tenosynovitis cannot be controlled by nonsurgical means, there are surgical approaches to the disease. Tenosynovectomy can give successful, long-term relief from the synovitis, and can also prevent tendon ruptures.
authors.affiliation: Longwood Hand Center, Boston, Massachusetts.
authors.forename: C R
authors.initials: CR
authors.lastname: Stirrat
mesh_terms: D001172:Arthritis, Rheumatoid / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D013585:Synovitis / Q000601:surgery; D013717:Tenosynovitis / Q000601:surgery*; D014955:Wrist Joint / Q000601:surgery*