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438265

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
1979-7-16
pubmed:abstractText
Forty-one arthrodeses of the shoulder in thirty-nine patients suffering from rheumatoid arthritis (thirty women, nine men) have been reviewed. Using internal fixation and external splints the position of the shoulder was maintained in 55 degrees of abduction, 25 degrees of horizontal flexion and enough internal rotation to allow the patient to reach the mouth. The mean period of immobilisation in a thoracobrachial splint was nine weeks, and 90 per cent of the shoulders had solid bony fusion at review. After arthrodesis the total range of scapulothoracic movement improved by about 60 per cent, giving results rated as excellent in fifteen cases (36 per cent), as good in thirteen (32 per cent) and as fair in thirteen (32 per cent). Arthrodesis can be recommended as an easy, cheap and reliable method of treating a shoulder which has been severely destroyed by rheumatoid arthritis.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
May
pubmed:issn
0301-620X
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
61-B
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
155-8
pubmed:dateRevised
2010-11-10
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1979
pubmed:articleTitle
Arthrodesis of the shoulder in rheumatoid arthritis: a review of forty-one cases.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article