Clinical Management of the Rheumatoid Hand, Wrist, and Elbow

Part I. Background Concepts

1. Advances in the Medical Treatment of RA: What Surgeons Need to Know
Daniel Herren

2. Etiology of Rheumatoid Arthritis: A Historical and Evidence-Based Perspective
David A. Fox

3. Preoperative and Postoperative Medical Management for Rheumatoid Hand Surgery
Vladimir M. Ognenovski

4. Setting Priorities: The Timing and Indications for Rheumatoid Surgical Procedures
Matthew Brown, Kevin C. Chung

5. Upper Extremity Compression Neuropathies in Rheumatoid Patients
Joshua M. Adkinson

6. Current Treatment Outcomes Among Patients with Rheumatoid Hand and Wrist Deformities
Jennifer F. Waljee

7. Application of Patient-Rated Questionnaires in Rheumatoid Hand Outcomes Research
Erika D. Sears

Part II. Rheumatoid Wrist

8. Biomechanics of the Rheumatoid Wrist Deformity
Gregory Ian Bain, Thomas Clifton, John J. Costi, Jeganath Krishnan

9. Concepts and Indications of Rheumatoid Wrist Surgery
Marco Rizzo

10. Management of the Distal Radioulnar Joint in Rheumatoid Arthritis
Brian D. Adams

11. Soft Tissue Reconstructive Procedures in the Rheumatoid Wrist, Including Tendon Transfer Procedures
Philippe Bellemère

12. Advances in Total Wrist Arthroplasty
Guillaume Herzberg, Michel E. H. Boeckstyns

13. Total Wrist Fusion and Limited Wrist Fusion Procedures in Rheumatoid Arthritis
Hajime Ishikawa

14. Application of Arthroscopy in the Treatment of Rheumatoid Wrist
Clara Wong Wing Yee, Pak-cheong Ho

15. Case-Based Discussion of the Management of the Rheumatoid Wrist
Daniel Herren

Part III. Rheumatoid Hand

16. The Rheumatoid Finger: Treatment Concepts and Indications for Surgery
Philippe Kopylov, Magnus Tägil

17. Biomechanics of Rheumatoid Finger Deformities
Nathan T. Morrell, Arnold-Peter C. Weiss

18. Treatment of MCP Joints in the Rheumatoid Hand
Alberto Lluch

19. Treatment of Boutonniere and Swan-Neck Deformities in Rheumatoid Fingers
Alfredo Olazábal, Alexandra L. Mathews

20. Concepts in Ulnar Drift Deformity
Shepard P. Johnson, Kevin C. Chung

21. The Rheumatoid Thumb
Michel E. H. Boeckstyns

22. Case-Based Examples of Management of the Rheumatoid Hand
Kevin C. Chung, Alexandra L. Mathews

Part IV. Rheumatoid Elbow

23. Soft Tissue Management of Elbow Deformities
Takeshi Ogawa, Kevin C. Chung

24. Arthroplasty Procedures for the Rheumatoid Elbow
Michael C. Glanzmann, Hans-Kaspar Schwyzer

25. Case-Based Examples of Management of Rheumatoid Elbow
Massimo Ceruso, Prospero Bigazzi, Sandra Pfanner

Keywords: Medicine & Public Health, Surgical Orthopedics, Rheumatology, Primary Care Medicine