title: The knee joint in rheumatoid arthritis.
abstract: Rheumatoid arthritis may present in the knee within a wide spectrum of manifestations. Disease progression, treatment protocols, surgical treatments and the possible complications of these treatments differ distinctly from those of osteoarthritis.
authors.affiliation: Hospital for Special Surgery, Cornell University Medical College, New York, NY, USA.
authors.forename: T P
authors.initials: TP
authors.lastname: Sculco
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Lombardi
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Miric
mesh_terms: D001172:Arthritis, Rheumatoid / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D019645:Arthroplasty, Replacement, Knee; D006801:Humans; D007719:Knee Joint; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D020246:Venous Thrombosis / Q000209:etiology