title: [Chronic polyarthritis and polytrauma. A case report].
abstract: Rheumatoid arthritis already can lead to an extreme limited range of motion of the whole patient in an early age. A female patient of 39 years has been immobilized for a period of about 6 years. By accident she was suffering too from multiple fractures, especially of both femora and both elbow-joints. Rheumatoid arthritis and traumatic lesions lead to incommon surgical procedures. Both hip-, both elbow- and both kneejoints, regarding to the fractures, were replaced during three operation periods. Within half a year the patient was far extending independent of nursing and able to walk again.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001172:Arthritis, Rheumatoid / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D004185:Disability Evaluation; D005260:Female; D005597:Fractures, Open / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007595:Joint Prosthesis; D026741:Physical Therapy Modalities
vernacular_title: Chronische Polyarthritis und Polytrauma. Ein Fallbericht.