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Title: [Total knee arthroplasty for rheumatoid arthritis]. Author: Carl HD, Gelse K, Swoboda B. Journal: Z Rheumatol; 2011 Jul; 70(5):411-6. PubMed ID: 21695555. Abstract: A total of 150,000 primary total knee arthroplasties are performed in Germany each year. There is only a limited amount of evidence-based data available on possible surgery-related differences between osteoarthritis (OA) and rheumatoid arthritis (RA) of the knee joint. The following review summarizes the recent literature on total knee arthroplasty with a focus on special features of RA patients.[Abstract] [Full Text] [Related] [New Search]