title: [Timing of surgical treatment in the patients with rheumatoid arthritis].
abstract: Rheumatoid arthritis is a systemic and consumptive disease of unknown cause, and there is no specific therapy for the disease. Surgical treatment in one of the total management that can effectively relieve pain and improve function in patients with rheumatoid arthritis include synovectomy, joint arthroplasty, resection arthroplasty, osteotomy, fusion, and soft tissue arthroplasty. Four cases with rheumatoid arthritis treated with surgical procedures were demonstrated, and discussed on the timing of operative treatment in the patients.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Rheumatology, Tokyo Women's Medical University.
authors.forename: Terunobu
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Saito
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001172:Arthritis, Rheumatoid / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D019643:Arthroplasty, Replacement; D019645:Arthroplasty, Replacement, Knee; D001182:Arthroscopy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D000074402:Synovectomy; D013997:Time Factors