Open AccessIs Femoral Fracture Healing Really Compromised in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis? Comparison Study Between Rheumatoid and Non-rheumatoid Arthritis Patients
Author(s) -
Jin Kyu Lee,
Bong Gun Lee,
Young-Hoon Jo,
Jeong Min Hur,
In Cheol Kook,
Kyu Tae Hwang
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
indian journal of orthopaedics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.434
H-Index - 33
eISSN - 1998-3727
pISSN - 0019-5413
DOI - 10.1007/s43465-020-00117-3
Subject(s) - medicine , nonunion , rheumatoid arthritis , surgery , femur , bone healing , delayed union , femoral fracture , rheumatoid factor , femur fracture , complication , arthritis
In patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA), some problems might occur in fracture healing; however, clinical evidence is limited. Therefore, we compared the time to union and complication rate of femoral fractures between RA and non-RA patients.