SILASTIC ARTHROPLASTY IN RHEUMATOID MCP-JOINTS - 60 JOINTS FOLLOWED FOR 7 YEARS

Authors
OLSEN I GEBUHR P SONNEHOLM S
Citation
I. Olsen et al., SILASTIC ARTHROPLASTY IN RHEUMATOID MCP-JOINTS - 60 JOINTS FOLLOWED FOR 7 YEARS, Acta orthopaedica Scandinavica, 65(4), 1994, pp. 430-431
Citations number
8
Categorie Soggetti
Orthopedics
Journal title
Acta orthopaedica Scandinavica → ACNP
ISSN journal
00016470
Volume
65
Issue
4
Year of publication
1994
Pages
430 - 431
Database
ISI
SICI code
0001-6470(1994)65:4<430:SAIRM->2.0.ZU;2-D
Abstract
16 patients with rheumatoid arthritis underwent Swanson silastic arthr oplasty in 60 MCP-joints. After 7 (5-10) years only 8 patients had pai n relief, 7 were satisfied, and 13 implants had fractured. We conclude that the effects of Swanson silastic arthroplasty deteriorate with ti me.