Journal of Hand Surgery
Volume 35, Issue 3 , Pages 379-391.e2 , March 2010

A Cost-Utility Analysis of Nonsurgical Management, Total Wrist Arthroplasty, and Total Wrist Arthrodesis in Rheumatoid Arthritis

  • Christi M. Cavaliere, MD
    • ,
  • Kevin C. Chung, MD

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author: Kevin C. Chung, MD, Section of Plastic Surgery, The University of Michigan Health System, 1500 E. Medical Center Drive, 2130 Taubman Center, SPC 5340, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-5340

Received 18 May 2009 ,Accepted 7 December 2009.

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 Supported in part by the Integra Corporation. C.M.C. is supported by the Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholars' Program, and K.C.C. is supported by a grant from the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (R01 AR047328), a Midcareer Investigator Award in Patient-Oriented Research (K24 AR053120), and an Exploratory/Developmental Research Grant Award (R21AR056988). No benefits in any form have been received or will be received related directly or indirectly to the subject of this article.

PII: S0363-5023(09)01114-9

doi: 10.1016/j.jhsa.2009.12.013

Journal of Hand Surgery
Volume 35, Issue 3 , Pages 379-391.e2 , March 2010

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