Sutter metacarpophalangeal arthroplasty in rheumatoid patients
Abstract Swanson silastic arthroplasty, introduced by Alfred Swanson in the late sixties, has long been the treatment of choice for metacarpophalangeal (MCP) arthroplasty in cases of rheumatoid arthritis. Silastic implant arthroplasty has a significant role in the reconstruction of eroded MCP joint...
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Format: | Doctoral Thesis |
Language: | English |
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University of Oulu
2007
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Online Access: | http://urn.fi/urn:isbn:9789514284151 http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:isbn:9789514284151 |