Decreased need of large joint replacement in patients with rheumatoid arthritis in a specialized Brazilian center.
Disease-modifying antirheumatic biological and non-biological therapies are associated with reduced disease progression and joint destruction. Suggestions have been made that total knee and hip joint arthroplasty indications are decreasing as a beneficial effect of the new forms of therapy for rheumatoid arthritis. We present findings of our institution on the incidence of joint arthroplasty in the past few years in patients with rheumatoid arthritis and the increase in the numbers of procedures not associated with inflammatory arthritis.
Hospital Abreu Sodré-AACD, Av. Professor Ascendino Reis, 724, Clinical Trial Center, Sao Paulo, SP, 04027-000, Brazil.
Luciana Pereira Almeida
LP
De Piano
Ricardo Prado
RP
Golmia
Morton Aaron
MA
Scheinberg
D018501:Antirheumatic Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001172:Arthritis, Rheumatoid / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000601:surgery*; D019643:Arthroplasty, Replacement / Q000639:trends*; D001938:Brazil; D018450:Disease Progression; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D012189:Retrospective Studies
D018501:Antirheumatic Agents