SURGERY IN PATIENTS WITH PSORIASIS AND ARTHRITIS
- 1 February 1979
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Rheumatology
- Vol. 18 (1) , 35-37
- https://doi.org/10.1093/rheumatology/18.1.35
Abstract
A review of 41 orthopaedic operative procedures and 54 other surgical procedures in respectively 21 and 38 patients with psoriasis and arthritis is reported. A low prevalence of wound sepsis (1 of 41 and 2 of 54 procedures) and other complications (1 of 41 and 1 of 54 procedures) suggests that elective surgery including joint prosthesis should not be withheld from patients with psoriatic arthritis.Keywords
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