Post-operative therapy for metacarpophalangeal arthroplasty
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Post-operative therapy for metacarpophalangeal arthroplasty.
BACKGROUND Metacarpophalangeal (MCP) arthroplasty with implants, which is the replacement of painful knuckle joints with artificial knuckle joints, has been performed for people with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) since the 1960s. The surgery is done because RA can cause damage of the knuckle joints making them unable to straighten out (flexion deformity) and causing them to lean over toward the sma...
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عنوان ژورنال: Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews
سال: 2008
ISSN: 1465-1858
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.cd003522.pub2