The influence of rheumatoid chemotherapy, age, and presence of rheumatoid nodules on postoperative complications in rheumatoid foot and ankle surgery: analysis of 725 procedures in 104 patients [corrected].
Publication/Presentation Date
1-1-2003
Abstract
The records of 104 patients who underwent reconstructive foot and ankle surgery for deformities secondary to rheumatoid arthritis were reviewed. The use of rheumatoid chemotherapeutic agents, age, sex, rheumatoid nodule status, and the number of concurrent surgical procedures performed was analyzed to determine any association with the postoperative outcome for wound healing and infectious complications. The 104 patients, ranging in age from 23 to 83 years, underwent 725 operative procedures. An overall 32% complication rate was recorded. Analysis of five specific rheumatoid chemotherapeutic agents (NSAIDs, steroids, methotrexate, hydroxychloroquine, gold), age, sex, number of operative procedures performed, and presence of rheumatoid nodules, either alone or in combination, failed to prove a statistical association with either a healing or infectious postoperative complication.
Volume
24
Issue
1
First Page
40
Last Page
44
ISSN
1071-1007
Published In/Presented At
Bibbo, C., Anderson, R. B., Davis, W. H., & Norton, J. (2003). The influence of rheumatoid chemotherapy, age, and presence of rheumatoid nodules on postoperative complications in rheumatoid foot and ankle surgery: analysis of 725 procedures in 104 patients [corrected]. Foot & ankle international, 24(1), 40–44. https://doi.org/10.1177/107110070302400106
Disciplines
Medicine and Health Sciences
PubMedID
12540080
Department(s)
Department of Surgery
Document Type
Article