Abstracts tagged "radiology and surgery"

Abstract Number: 282 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
The Value of Imaging As an Early Noninvasive Test for Prosthetic Joint Septic Arthritis
Kevin Byrne¹, Mary Louise Fowler², Sarah Lieber³, Robert Shmerling⁴ and Ziv Paz³, ¹Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, ²2Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, ³Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA, ⁴Rheumatology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA
Background/Purpose: Medical imaging is commonly obtained in evaluating patients with suspected prosthetic joint septic arthritis (PJSA); it may be helpful to detect other pathology in…
Abstract Number: 2335 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Recent Changes of Radiological Findings and Patients’ Background of Rheumatoid Hip and Knee
Yuichi Mochida¹, Katsushi Ishii², Hiroyuki Miyamae², Naoto Mitsugi³ and Tomoyuki Saito⁴, ¹Center for rheumatic diseases, Yokohama City University Medical Center, Yokohama, Japan, ²Center for Rheumatic Diseases, Yokohama City University Medical Center, Yokohama, Japan, ³Dept. of Orthopaedic surgery,, Yokohama City University Medical Center, Yokohama, Japan, ⁴Dept. of Orthopaedic surgery, Yokohama City University School of Medicine, Yokohama, Japan
Background/Purpose: Treatment of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) has been dramatically changed by methotrexate (MTX) and biologics. According to introduction of these effective drugs for the control…