Midterm clinical outcomes of reverse shoulder arthroplasty in Japanese patients with rheumatoid arthritis using patient-reported outcome measures (Shoulder36).

Background: Reverse shoulder arthroplasty normally has adequate functional outcomes in patients with cuff tear arthropathy. The present study aimed to investigate the midterm clinical outcomes of reverse shoulder arthroplasty in Japanese patients with rheumatoid arthritis.

Methods: Between July 2014 and May 2016, reverse shoulder arthroplasty was performed in 14 rheumatic shoulders with joint destruction and rotator cuff tears.

Disease activity affects the recurrent deformities of the lesser toes after resection arthroplasty for rheumatoid forefoot deformity.

Objectives: The purpose of this study was to clarify the effect of disease activity on recurrent deformities after resection arthroplasty for forefoot deformities in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA).

Methods: This study included 83 feet in 58 patients with RA who underwent resection arthroplasty of all metatarsal heads, with a minimum follow-up of 2 years. The patients' demographic characteristics, preoperative radiographic findings, and RA disease activity evaluated using the 28-joint disease activity score based on the erythrocyte sedimentation rate (determined preoperatively and at the final follow-up) were compared between feet with and without postoperative recurrent deformities of the toes.

Partial transmalleolar approach for lateral impingement after total ankle arthroplasty: a case report.

Advances in implant technology have made total ankle arthroplasty an increasingly popular alternative to arthrodesis for the management of ankle arthritis. However, a frequent complication of the procedure is nerve impingement related to either to heterotrophic bone growth or the prosthesis itself. Successful resolution of this complication presents a challenge to clinicians.

Radiologic patterning of joint damage to the foot in rheumatoid arthritis.

Objective: Foot and ankle deformities greatly affect the quality of life of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients. The aim of this study was to elucidate the pattern of destruction of the RA foot and its impact on patients.

Methods: We cross-sectionally investigated RA patients (274 patients and 542 feet) using radiographs.

Distal interphalangeal joint arthrodesis with the reverse fix nail.

Purpose: Arthrodesis of distal interphalangeal (DIP) and thumb interphalangeal (IP) joints is a well-established procedure for the treatment of pain, deformity, and instability associated with arthritis and traumatic conditions. Fixation with various headless compression screws has become increasingly common and with favorable outcomes. However, there are still characteristic complications, such as hardware prominence with the distal end of the screw incompletely buried in the distal phalanx.

New-onset multiple sclerosis associated with adalimumab treatment in rheumatoid arthritis: a case report and literature review.

Tumor necrosis factor (TNF) antagonists have brought about a significant advancement in treatment for autoimmune diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and Crohn's disease; however, they are accompanied with a risk of severe adverse effects. We report the case of a 68-year-old female with a 33-year history of RA that developed multiple sclerosis (MS) during adalimumab (ADM) treatment at 22 months after the initial administration. Her first neurological symptom was mild dizziness, which progressed to severe dizziness with gait disturbance within 2 weeks.