Rehart S, Schwinnen I, Rittmeister M, Kerschbaumer F
Abteilung für Rheumaorthopädie, Orthopädische Universitätsklinik Frankfurt am Main.
Orthopade. 2002 Dec;31(12):1179-86. doi: 10.1007/s00132-002-0405-y.
This article aims at determining the differences in resources needed for the treatment of patients with rheumatoid arthritis as opposed to osteoarthritis. Data on ten patients for each of these diagnoses, all of whom had been subject to the implantation of a knee arthroplasty,were compared. We looked at parameters such as the duration of surgery, further diagnoses, costs of radiological measures and medical treatment, simultaneous operations, need of nursing care,physical and occupational therapy and complications. Patients presenting with rheumatoid arthritis in many respects required substantially more clinical and/or financial resources than osteoarthritis patients. This statement holds true at least for the period of hospital care during which the knee-prosthesis was implanted.
本文旨在确定类风湿性关节炎患者与骨关节炎患者治疗所需资源的差异。对这两种诊断的各10名患者的数据进行了比较，所有患者均接受了膝关节置换术。我们研究了手术时长、进一步诊断、放射检查和医疗费用、同期手术、护理需求、物理和职业治疗以及并发症等参数。类风湿性关节炎患者在许多方面比骨关节炎患者需要更多的临床和/或财务资源。至少在植入膝关节假体的住院期间，这一说法是成立的。
