Management of hindfoot disease in rheumatoid arthritis.
There is a wide variety of hindfoot disease seen in patients with rheumatoid arthritis. Initial treatment is conservative including optimizing medical management to control the disease process. Should symptoms persist, surgical treatment may be performed, although there is an increased complication rate related to both the disease and the side effects of the medications used to treat it.
Aronow
Michael S
MS
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Connecticut Health Center Medical Arts and Research Building, 263 Farmington Avenue, Farmington, CT 06034-4037, USA. aronow@nso.uchs.edu
Hakim-Zargar
Mariam
M
D001172:Arthritis, Rheumatoid / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D001847:Bone Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery; D005528:Foot / Q000601:surgery*; D005534:Foot Diseases / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D007592:Joint Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery; D037081:Posterior Tibial Tendon Dysfunction / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery; D016896:Treatment Outcome