TY - JOUR
T1 - Recent trends in orthopedic surgery aiming to improve quality of life for those with rheumatoid arthritis
T2 - Data from a large observational cohort
AU - Momohara, Shigeki
AU - Inoue, Eisuke
AU - Ikari, Katsunori
AU - Ochi, Kensuke
AU - Ishida, Osamu
AU - Yano, Koichiro
AU - Sakuma, Yu
AU - Yoshida, Shinji
AU - Koyama, Takuma
AU - Koenuma, Naoko
AU - Taniguchi, Atsuo
AU - Yamanaka, Hisashi
PY - 2014/5
Y1 - 2014/5
N2 - Objective:To describe current trends in the numbers of rheumatoid arthritis (RA)-related surgeries. Methods:The number of operations was determined for patients with RA in a large observational cohort [Institute of Rheumatology, Rheumatoid Arthritis (IORRA)] enrolled from 2001 to 2012. Results: The total number of operations peaked in 2002 and gradually decreased thereafter, but began to increase again in 2008. The number of total knee replacements has decreased since 2003, while the number of wrist and foot arthroplasties and the number of artificial finger prosthesis surgeries have increased gradually. Conclusion: Our results suggest that the number of orthopedic surgeries may change in response to changes in the drug therapy for RA.
AB - Objective:To describe current trends in the numbers of rheumatoid arthritis (RA)-related surgeries. Methods:The number of operations was determined for patients with RA in a large observational cohort [Institute of Rheumatology, Rheumatoid Arthritis (IORRA)] enrolled from 2001 to 2012. Results: The total number of operations peaked in 2002 and gradually decreased thereafter, but began to increase again in 2008. The number of total knee replacements has decreased since 2003, while the number of wrist and foot arthroplasties and the number of artificial finger prosthesis surgeries have increased gradually. Conclusion: Our results suggest that the number of orthopedic surgeries may change in response to changes in the drug therapy for RA.
KW - Biologics
KW - Disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs
KW - Orthopedic joint surgery
KW - Rheumatoid arthritis
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U2 - 10.3899/jrheum.131018
DO - 10.3899/jrheum.131018
M3 - Article
C2 - 24692532
AN - SCOPUS:84899762033
SN - 0315-162X
VL - 41
SP - 862
EP - 866
JO - Journal of Rheumatology
JF - Journal of Rheumatology
IS - 5
ER -