Decrease in orthopaedic operations, including total joint replacements, in patients with rheumatoid arthritis between 2001 and 2007: data from Japanese outpatients in a single institute-based large observational cohort (IORRA)

Ann Rheum Dis. 2010 Jan;69(1):312-3. doi: 10.1136/ard.2009.107599.

Authors

S Momohara, E Inoue, K Ikari, K Kawamura, S Tsukahara, T Iwamoto, M Hara, A Taniguchi, H Yamanaka

PMID: 20007622
DOI: 10.1136/ard.2009.107599

No abstract available

Publication types

Letter
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Arthritis, Rheumatoid / surgery*
Arthroplasty, Replacement / trends
Cohort Studies
Humans
Japan
Orthopedic Procedures / statistics & numerical data
Orthopedic Procedures / trends*