Surgery for Arthritis

Follow the links below to find information on surgical procedures used to treat arthritis and their effectivess.

Created February 2007

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Knee and Hip Replacement
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Title:   Arthritis and surgery: hip replacement - myDr.com.au
Publisher:   myDr
Description:   Find out how a hip replacement can help people with arthritis.
Date:   Jul 2009
Title:   Arthritis and surgery: knee replacement - myDr.com.au
Publisher:   myDr
Description:   Find out when a knee replacement may be necessary and what the procedure involves.
Date:   Apr 2009
Title:   Arthroscopic debridement for knee osteoarthritis
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   This summary of a Cochrane review presents what we know from research about the effect of arthroscopic debridement (AD) for osteoarthritis (OA) of the knee....
Date:   Nov 2007
Title:   Post-operative therapy for metacarpophalangeal arthroplasty
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   This summay of a Cochrane review presents what we know from research about the effect of post-operative therapy for metacarpophalangeal (MCP) arthroplasty. The review shows that in people with RA:...
Date:   Oct 2007
Title:   Osteotomy for treating knee osteoarthritis
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   This summary of a Cochrane review presents what we know from research about the effect of an osteotomy for osteoarthritis of the knee. The review shows that:...
Date:   May 2007
Title:   Posterior versus lateral surgical approach for total hip arthroplasty in adults with osteoarthritis
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   This summary of a Cochrane review presents what we know from research about the effects of a posterior or lateral approach in total hip replacement surgery for osteoarthritis. The review shows that:...
Date:   May 2006
Title:   Surgery for thumb (trapeziometacarpal joint) osteoarthritis
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Does surgery for osteoarthritis of the thumb help and is it safe? Seven studies of high quality were reviewed and provide the best evidence we have today. The studies tested over 380 people with osteoarthritis at the base of the thumb at all stages (o...
Date:   Aug 2005
Title:   Osteoarthritis: high BMI increases chance of hip replacement - myDr.com.au
Publisher:   myDr
Description:   A study has found that overweight people are more likely to need a total hip replacement as a result of osteoarthritis than people with a healthy weight.
Date:   Jun 2001
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