Wait until the acute condition quiets down. Don't operate during the acute stage. These statements express the commonly accepted opinion about surgical procedures undertaken during the active stage of rheumatoid arthritis. The lack of success of fascia lata arthroplasty and of synovectomy when undertaken during the acute stage is the obvious reason for this prevailing opinion. The success of vitallium mold arthroplasty undertaken in spite of active disease has made us stop to analyze the pros and cons of operative treatment. To relieve pain, to arrest the disease process and to preserve function are the aims of of any acute condition of a joint. Rest is the principle of all so-called conservative nonoperative measures. As a rule, the is successful in relieving pain, sooner or later; as a rule, the rest treatment is successful in arresting the disease process locally; when it comes to preserving function, the
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Wait until the acute condition quiets down. Don't operate during the acute stage. These statements express the commonly accepted opinion about surgical procedures undertaken during the active stage of rheumatoid arthritis. The lack of success of fascia lata arthroplasty and of synovectomy when undertaken during the acute stage is the obvious reason for this prevailing opinion. The success of vitallium mold arthroplasty undertaken in spite of active disease has made us stop to analyze the pros and cons of operative treatment. To relieve pain, to arrest the disease process and to preserve function are the aims of of any acute condition of a joint. Rest is the principle of all so-called conservative nonoperative measures. As a rule, the is successful in relieving pain, sooner or later; as a rule, the rest treatment is successful in arresting the disease process locally; when it comes to preserving function, the
Copyright remains with the authors and publisher.