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Periarticular osteophyte formation protects against total knee arthroplasty in rheumatoid arthritis patients with advanced joint damage.

Shuji AsaiNobunori TakahashiKenya TerabeYasumori SobueTsuyoshi NishiumeMochihito SuzukiYutaka YokotaNaoki IshiguroToshihisa Kojima
Published in: Clinical rheumatology (2020)
Osteophyte formation reduces the incidence of TKA in patients with RA who have advanced joint damage. Key Points • Older age and Larsen grade were independent predictors of total knee arthroplasty (TKA) in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients. • Periarticular osteophyte formation reduced the incidence of TKA in RA patients with Larsen grades III-V.
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