Three- to six-year results of metacarpophalangeal joints arthroplasty in psoriatic arthritis.

Background: Patients with psoriatic arthritis often need the replacement of the hand joints owing to the high prevalence of hand joints involvement and their often severe destruction and/or function loss. The long-term results of silicone arthroplasty of metacarpophalangeal joints in psoriatic patients are almost unreported in the scientific literature.

Materials And Methods: We analyzed 3- to 6-year results of 14 metacarpophalangeal joint replacements with silicone implants that we performed in nine psoriatic patients.