Table of Contents
Contributing Authors
Preface
Sect. 1 The Foundation 1
1 Pathophysiology of Osteoarthritis: A review of current
findings 3
2 Pathophysiology of Rheumatoid Arthritis 10
3 General Clinical Considerations in Rheumatoid Surgery 27
Sect. 2 The Hand 39
4 Distal Interphalangeal Joint 41
5 Proximal Interphalangeal Joint 65
6 Metacarpophalangeal Joint 75
7 Thumb Interphalangeal and Metacarpophalangeal Joints 92
8 Thumb Carpometacarpal Joint 106
9 Carpometacarpal Joints (excluding the thumb) 111
Sect. 3 The Wrist 119
10 Limited Wrist Arthrodesis 121
11 Limited Wrist Arthroplasty 140
12 Total Wrist Arthrodesis 155
13 Total Wrist Arthroplasty 166
14 Distal Radioulnar Joint 177
Index 197
