Outcomes of hand surgery in the patient with rheumatoid arthritis

Surgeons have long been striving to develop new surgical procedures to improve functional outcomes for a variety of hand and wrist deformities resulting from rheumatoid arthritis (RA). The purpose of this review is to assess the latest surgical outcomes related to hand and wrist surgery in the patient with RA.There is a lack of outcome studies in RA hand and wrist surgery to justify many of the surgical procedures proposed for the treatment of...