IMPORTANT FOR SURGERY AS WELL!!!
Introduction and epidemiology
Pathophysiology
Radiology
Risk factors and causes
Imagine that old female obese cancer patient in family medicine waking with weird crooked legs and then freezing with inactivity. Her hand also weird with RA.
infective
infiltrative
connective
genetic
metabolic
trauma
surgery
neuropathic
haemoglobinoathies
Clinical features
Swelling ad deforminity
Morning stiffness
Pain on increased activity, relieved by rest
Reduced range of motion
Investigations
Management
Summary
Arthrodesis, also known as artificial ankylosis or syndesis, is the artificial induction of joint ossification between two bones by surgery. This is done to relieve intractable pain in a joint which cannot be managed by pain medication, splints, or other normally indicated treatments.
RA vs OA
