Abstract：
:Surgical treatment of rheumatoid arthritis dates back some fifty years to when rheumatology developed into a separate branch of medicine. An interdisciplinary approach to rheumatoid arthritis was then introduced at a few specialized centres. By refining the surgical techniques, increasing the number of surgical options to be more precisely defined, this fifty years' experience in the surgery of rheumatoid arthritis has led to the good results that can be achieved today. The goals of the surgical treatment of rheumatoid arthritis are pain relief, improvement of joint motion or stability and correction of deformities. In addition, progression of the disease is likely to be halted in the operated joint. Operations may be classified as either preventive or reconstructive; sometimes they are both. Surgery is indicated when medical treatment fails to adequately check progression of the disease. Absolute indications include tendon ruptures, nerve compression, instability of the cervical spine associated with neurological symptoms, and severe deformities.
journal_name
Clin Exp Rheumatoljournal_title
Clinical and experimental rheumatologyauthors
Rinonapoli Esubject
Has Abstractpub_date
1989-09-01 00:00:00pages
S139-40eissn
0392-856Xissn
1593-098Xjournal_volume
7 Suppl 3pub_type
杂志文章,评审abstract：OBJECTIVES:Previous research suggests that social support has beneficial effects for rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients. Yet, recent studies suggest that sociocultural differences have implications for whether or not the individuals use social support to cope with stressful events. Given the stressful nature of a chron...
journal_title：Clinical and experimental rheumatology
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Ankylosing spondylitis (A.Sp.) and diffuse idiopatic skeletal hyperostosis (DISH), represent the most common inflammatory and degenerative enthesopathies, respectively. Despite their rather frequent occurrence in the rheumatic disease care setting, few case reports of their simultaneous presence in the same patient ha...
journal_title：Clinical and experimental rheumatology
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：
更新日期：1990-11-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Calcinosis is a devastating complication of juvenile dermatomyositis and a challenging therapeutic problem. We report the use of an external Ilizarov fixator for the treatment of Achilles tendon calcinosis causing severe disability in a young girl with juvenile dermatomyositis. ...
journal_title：Clinical and experimental rheumatology
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00
abstract：OBJECTIVE:To analyze the rate and baseline prognostic factors of disability measured by the modified HAQ (MHAQ), in a series of patients with early rheumatoid arthritis (RA) after two years of therapy with a structured algorithm using disease-modifying anti-rheumatic drugs (DMARDs). METHODS:One hundred and five patien...
journal_title：Clinical and experimental rheumatology
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is characterized by multiple T and B cell abnormalities. This study was designed to investigate the cell surface membrane characteristics of T cells by using single and double immunofluorescence and examine the role of HLA-DR+ T cells in the production of immunoglobulin by B cells. T...
journal_title：Clinical and experimental rheumatology
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：1988-07-01 00:00:00
abstract：OBJECTIVES:To describe the MRI features of gout tophi in the soft-tissues or joints of the limbs by low-field extremity-dedicated MRI. METHODS:Nine consecutive patients, 8M/1W, affected by chronic tophaceous gout were studied. Mean patients' age was 71.3±11.5 years, mean disease duration 98.1±44.9 months, and mean ser...
journal_title：Clinical and experimental rheumatology
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：2011-05-01 00:00:00
abstract：OBJECTIVES:The aim of our study was to investigate possible interaction of IL-17, TRAIL, and TNF-α in the modulation of osteoblast homeostasis in vitro, using human differentiated osteoblastic Saos-2 cells as in vitro model. METHODS:The effects of these cytokines on osteoblastic cell viability were assessed, by MTT as...
journal_title：Clinical and experimental rheumatology
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：2018-11-01 00:00:00
abstract：OBJECTIVES:Advanced glycation end products (AGEs) have been implicated in the pathogenesis of bone-destructive disorders. Yet reports on the influence of AGEs on human osteoblasts remain lacking. The aim of the study is to investigate the influence of AGE-modified bovine serum albumin (AGE-BSA) on cell growth and expre...
journal_title：Clinical and experimental rheumatology
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00
abstract：OBJECTIVES:To study the CD26 density on monocytes and CD4+ T-lymphocytes in steroid and DMARD-naïve, early rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients and to analyse for correlations with disease activity, including long-term radiographic progression. METHODS:Forty patients with active, early steroid and DMARD naïve RA (<6 mon...
journal_title：Clinical and experimental rheumatology
pub_type： 杂志文章,随机对照试验
doi：
更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Low-dose methotrexate (MTX) remains the first-line treatment option among the disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs in patients with rheumatoid arthritis. However, diverse side effects are the major reason for MTX withdrawal and change of treatment. The following article reviews the published data on general and organ...
journal_title：Clinical and experimental rheumatology
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：
更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00
abstract：OBJECTIVE:To describe the occurrence of erosive arthropathy in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and its relationship to anti-CCP antibodies. METHODS:Retrospective medical record review of a case series of five female patients with SLE and erosive arthropathies. RESULTS:The initial disease presentation in all patien...
journal_title：Clinical and experimental rheumatology
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：
更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00
abstract：OBJECTIVE:To examine the links between the quality of life (QOL) and season and weather conditions in ankylosing spondylitis (AS) patients. METHODS:A cohort of 146 AS patients (67% males), with a mean age of 47.3 years and a mean disease duration of 12.8 years, answered a self-administered questionnaire, the AS-AIMS2 ...
journal_title：Clinical and experimental rheumatology
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：2001-05-01 00:00:00
abstract：:A 61-year-old woman, suffering from classic seropositive rheumatoid arthritis with rheumatoid nodule histologically documented, developed temporal arteritis. HLA-DR typing revealed the presence of DR3 and DR4 antigens. The findings from previous studies support the association of HLA-DR antigens, giant cell arteritis-...
journal_title：Clinical and experimental rheumatology
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：1988-04-01 00:00:00
abstract：OBJECTIVES:Lupus nephritis (LN) is an immune-complex mediated nephritis with complicated pathogenesis. The aims of the present study were to investigate whether inflammasomes are activated in the renal pathology of LN patients and analyse the association of inflammasome activation in different classes of LN renal tissu...
journal_title：Clinical and experimental rheumatology
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：2020-07-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Several studies were published last year which focused on the epidemiology, immunopathogenesis, genetics, clinical manifestations and management of Behçet's syndrome. Recent epidemiologic studies support the earlier contention that the frequency of BS increases from North to South in Europe, BS is rare in Sub-Saharan ...
journal_title：Clinical and experimental rheumatology
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：
更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00
abstract：OBJECTIVE:Oral cyclophosphamide (CYC) is a promising therapy for Systemic Sclerosis (SSc)-related interstitial lung disease (ILD). The use of intravenous (i.v.) pulses has been considered as an alternative route of drug administration, possibly associated with reduced toxicity. Our objectives were to re-evaluate our ex...
journal_title：Clinical and experimental rheumatology
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：2004-09-01 00:00:00
abstract：OBJECTIVES:Understanding health-related quality of life (HRQoL) is important in the management of patients with systemic lupus erythematosus associated pulmonary arterial hypertension (SLE-APAH), however, little is known about HRQoL and its determinants in these patients. METHODS:A total of 60 female SLE-APAH patients...
journal_title：Clinical and experimental rheumatology
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Systemic vasculitis is a group of heterogeneous, disabling disorders. Great interest has recently arisen in pathophysiology, clinical phenotypes and therapy of large- and small-vessel vasculitis. The general work hypothesis has been to promote research focused on disease-related pathogenetic pathways, with the ultimat...
journal_title：Clinical and experimental rheumatology
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：
更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) societal costs are high because the disease may cause not only restricted joint mobility, chronic pain, fatigue, and functional disability, but also psychological distress. Direct health care costs represent about one-fourth of all costs and are prevalently represented by in-patient care expe...
journal_title：Clinical and experimental rheumatology
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00
abstract：:We report on a patient with biopsy proven systemic Wegener's granulomatosis (WG) with a granulomatous necrotising manifestation of WG in the liver, lung, parotid gland and skin with subsequent death of liver failure. Liver involvement in WG is an exceedingly rare, though potentially fatal, organ manifestation of WG. ...
journal_title：Clinical and experimental rheumatology
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Cardiac conducting tissue antibodies (CCTA) were detected, using indirect immunofluorescence, in 8 (25%) out of 32 sera from patients with progressive systemic sclerosis (PSS) and in 39 (35%) out of 110 with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Conduction abnormalities, namely right bundle branch block, were present in 19 (59%)...
journal_title：Clinical and experimental rheumatology
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：1985-04-01 00:00:00
abstract：OBJECTIVES:To describe steroid-sparing in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients treated with tocilizumab (TCZ). METHODS:To evaluate the proportion of RA patients treated with more than 5 mg of prednisone (or equivalent)/day and starting TCZ who can receive less than 5 mg/day after 12 months without intensification of dis...
journal_title：Clinical and experimental rheumatology
pub_type： 杂志文章,多中心研究
doi：
更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00
abstract：:In genetically predisposed individuals, viruses, bacteria, or parasitic infectious agents are suspected of inducing autoimmunity and/or exacerbating autoimmune rheumatic diseases (ARD) once self-tolerance is broken. Although direct evidence for this association is still lacking, numerous data from animal models as wel...
journal_title：Clinical and experimental rheumatology
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：
更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00
abstract：:To evaluate the extent of food allergy/intolerance in rheumatoid arthritis, an elemental (hypoallergenic) diet was studied in a controlled, double-blind pilot study. Ten patients were allocated to an experimental group and 7 to a control group. The patients in the experimental group received an elemental diet for 3 we...
journal_title：Clinical and experimental rheumatology
pub_type： 临床试验,杂志文章,随机对照试验
doi：
更新日期：1994-05-01 00:00:00
abstract：OBJECTIVE:Examining for gastrointestinal involvement in juvenile idiopathic arthritis is an important part of diagnostic and therapeutic procedures. Only few scientific data are available. METHODS:In a prospective study, 41 patients with juvenile idiopathic arthritis were examined for clinical and laboratory data of g...
journal_title：Clinical and experimental rheumatology
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：2003-09-01 00:00:00
abstract：OBJECTIVE:CD1 molecules present microbial and self glycolipid antigens to a defined T cell subset with features of natural killer cells. CD1 molecules are up-regulated by inflammatory stimuli such as GM-CSF, and we would expect to find increased CD1 expression in the synovium of patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) ...
journal_title：Clinical and experimental rheumatology
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：2004-07-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Abdominal fat tissue aspirates from 20 patients with biopsy-proved amyloidosis were investigated by polarized microscopy after staining with Congo-red. Positive results were obtained in 4 of 5 patients with primary amyloidosis (AL) and in none of 15 with amyloidosis (AA) of Familial Mediterranean Fever (FMF). We sugge...
journal_title：Clinical and experimental rheumatology
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：1988-10-01 00:00:00
abstract：OBJECTIVES:This paper aims to identify clinical and serological differences, damage accrual and mortality, in juvenile, adult and late-onset SLE. METHODS:We conducted our study with patients fulfilling SLE classification criteria taken from the Hospital Gregorio Marañon Autoimmune Systemic Rheumatic Diseases' Registry...
journal_title：Clinical and experimental rheumatology
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Lower urinary tract involvement is an uncommon manifestation of systemic sclerosis; however, it may represent a troublesome disturbance affecting the quality of life in systemic sclerosis patients. Here we report the case of a middle-aged woman with a 5-year history of systemic sclerosis, who developed severe and prog...
journal_title：Clinical and experimental rheumatology
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：
更新日期：1998-09-01 00:00:00
abstract：:The concept of headache originating/starting in the neck is revised and considered in the light of previous descriptions of syndromes and entities and with reference to the current diagnostic systems for the classification of headache and other head pain. Cervicogenic headache (CEH), a clinical picture recently descri...
journal_title：Clinical and experimental rheumatology
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：
更新日期：2000-03-01 00:00:00
