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Knee Replacement Often Beneficial for RA: Study 2013Patients did as well as those with osteoarthritis, but same did not hold true for hip replacement - June 2013Read Complete Article: http://www.webmd.com/rheumatoid-arthritis/news/20130620/knee-replacement-often-beneficial-for-rheumatoid-arthritis-study The common belief that rheumatoid arthritis patients
don't benefit from knee replacement surgery as much as those
with the more common osteoarthritis has been challenged by
the findings from a pair of studies by New York City
scientists. ...In the first study, Goodman and her team analyzed joint replacement registry data to identify 178 rheumatoid arthritis patients and more than 5,200 osteoarthritis patients who underwent knee replacement surgery. Though rheumatoid arthritis patients had worse pain and function before surgery, patients in both groups had similar satisfaction rates after surgery. The second study compared outcomes of 202 rheumatoid arthritis patients and more than 5,800 osteoarthritis patients who underwent hip replacement, finding that those with rheumatoid arthritis started out with worse function before surgery and also had worse pain and function scores after surgery. However, rheumatoid arthritis patients were as likely as those with osteoarthritis to experience an overall improvement after hip replacement, though the gains didn't erase the disparity between the two groups. ..."The advice to rheumatoid arthritis patients is,
really, that you will have significant pain relief [from
joint replacement surgery]," Goodman said. "It is an area
that needs more study. We're looking forward to assessing
more rheumatoid-specific factors." |
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