Chronische Polyarthritis und Polytrauma

Autor: Wessinghage D
Rok vydání: 2008
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Zdroj: Zeitschrift für Orthopädie und ihre Grenzgebiete. 122:639-642
ISSN: 1438-941X
0044-3220
DOI: 10.1055/s-2008-1045043
Popis: Rheumatoid arthritis already can lead to an extreme limited range of motion of the whole patient in an early age. A female patient of 39 years has been immobilized for a period of about 6 years. By accident she was suffering too from multiple fractures, especially of both femora and both elbow-joints. Rheumatoid arthritis and traumatic lesions lead to incommon surgical procedures. Both hip-, both elbow- and both kneejoints, regarding to the fractures, were replaced during three operation periods. Within half a year the patient was far extending independent of nursing and able to walk again.
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