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Management of Gout in the Hand and Wrist
Hayden S Holbrook1, James H Calandruccio1
1Campbell Clinic Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and Biomedical Engineering, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN, USA.
Abstract:
Gout, or monosodium urate deposition disease, is the most common form of inflammatory arthritis that affects almost 4% of adults in the United States.Medical management involves lifestyle modifications and urate-lowering therapy to reduce the frequency of gout flares, decrease the tophi size, and improve upper extremity function. Goals for surgical management of gout include functional optimization, symptomatic treatment, and cosmetic restoration.This article focuses on the medical and surgical treatment of the common manifestations of gout in the upper extremity including tophi, tenosynovitis, joint contractures, neural compression, and arthropathy.
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