Vögelin, E; Villiger, PM (2011). Hand and Wrist Surgery. Zeitschrift für Rheumatologie, 70(1), pp. 21-5. Heidelberg: Springer-Verlag 10.1007/s00393-010-0681-6
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Despite improved medical treatment of rheumatoid arthritis, carpal tunnel compression, caput ulnae syndrome and palmar and dorsal tenosynovitis with potential tendon rupture represent urgent surgical indications. While diagnostic and therapeutic synovectomy may guide medical treatment, it should be performed before joint instability and destructive arthritis are established. Swan-neck and Boutonniere deformities as well as ulnar or radial drift of metacarpophalangeal (MCP) joints or the wrist can only be corrected when the involved joints are supple and intact. In the presence of destructive arthritis, partial and total wrist fusion, arthroplasties of the MCP joints and arthrodeses of the distal interphalangeal joints are recommended.
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Journal Article (Original Article) |
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Division/Institute: |
04 Faculty of Medicine > Department of Orthopaedic, Plastic and Hand Surgery (DOPH) > Clinic of Plastic and Hand Surgery > Hand Surgery 04 Faculty of Medicine > Department of Dermatology, Urology, Rheumatology, Nephrology, Osteoporosis (DURN) > Clinic of Rheumatology and Immunology |
UniBE Contributor: |
Vögelin, Esther, Villiger, Peter Matthias |
ISSN: |
0340-1855 |
Publisher: |
Springer-Verlag |
Language: |
German |
Submitter: |
Factscience Import |
Date Deposited: |
04 Oct 2013 14:23 |
Last Modified: |
05 Dec 2022 14:06 |
Publisher DOI: |
10.1007/s00393-010-0681-6 |
PubMed ID: |
21267737 |
Web of Science ID: |
000286611700004 |
BORIS DOI: |
10.7892/boris.7998 |
URI: |
https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/7998 (FactScience: 213402) |
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