title: Surgery for tophaceous gout.
abstract: Cases of tophaceous gout amenable to surgical management may be encountered in a podiatric practice. This paper reviews the indications for surgery, the pathology, the principles of surgical technique, the preoperative and postoperative management, and presents a case report.
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D003238:Connective Tissue / Q000473:pathology; D005534:Foot Diseases / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D006073:Gout / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011182:Postoperative Care; D011300:Preoperative Care