Flexor Tendon Synovectomy of the Hand in Rheumatoid Arthritis: A Follow-up Study of 201 Operated Hands

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Abstract
The operations were performed from 1/2-49 yr after onset of the disease, and the patients were between 16 and 76 yr of age. The follow-up study is based on questionnaires, and 78% of the patients also had a physical re-examination. The follow-up time spanned 12-78 mo. Nearly 70% of the operated hands were subjectively improved; the others were unchanged or worse. The poor results were often caused by progression of arthritis in finger joints. Recurrence of the tenosynovitis was observed in about 37% of the hands but in very few to such an extent that reoperation was necessary.

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