title: [Minimally invasive therapy of rheumatoid cubarthritis].
abstract: With the progression of rheumatoid arthritis more than half of the patients develop an affection of the elbow. Rheumatoid arthritis is the most common cause of elbow arthritis. The complexity of the rheumatic disease, which typically affects many joints, demands an individual therapeutic plan that can only be developed and accomplished successfully, when rheumatologists, rheumatoid surgeons and other specialists cooperate. Consistent use of approved and improved pharmaceuticals is abating the rate of rheumatoid cubarthritis. In cases of recurrent cubarthritis despite adequate medication, adverse reactions and other problems should be borne in mind before making a decision to change to more aggressive medication or synovectomy. Minimally invasive local measures, such as synoviorthesis and arthroscopic synovectomy can relieve pain and swelling, however, if lesions of the cartilage already exist, progressive joint destruction cannot be prevented. In early phases of rheumatoid cubarthritis with tight ligaments and thin synovial lining we prefer synoviothesis. In cases with recurrent cubarthritis after synoviorthesis or strong proliferation of the tunica synovialis, arthroscopic synovectomy is advantageous. Arthroscopic synovectomy is most effective in cases when there is ligament laxity in the sense of a late synovectomy, as removal of loose bodies, smoothening of the cartilage, release of the joint capsule and possibly arthroscopy-assisted resection of the radius head can be performed.
authors.affiliation: Abteilung für Orthopädie, Unfallchirurgie, Rheumaorthopädie, Katholisches Krankenhaus Dortmund-West, St. Rochus Hospital Castrop-Rauxel, Zollernstr. 40, 44379, Dortmund. k.schmidt@krankenhaus-kirchlinde.de
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Schmidt
mesh_terms: D018501:Antirheumatic Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001172:Arthritis, Rheumatoid / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D001182:Arthroscopy / Q000379:methods*; D002061:Bursa, Synovial / Q000601:surgery; D004551:Elbow Joint / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007594:Joint Loose Bodies / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D008023:Ligaments, Articular / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D011859:Radiography; D016059:Range of Motion, Articular / Q000502:physiology; D012008:Recurrence; D000074402:Synovectomy; D013583:Synovial Membrane / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging
chemical_list: D018501:Antirheumatic Agents
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