Yossra A Suliman, Corrado Campochiaro, Michael Hughes, Jan W Schoones, Dilia Giuggioli, Pia Moinzadeh, Murray Baron, Lorinda Chung, Laura Ross, Nancy Maltez, Yannick Allanore, Christopher P Denton, Oliver Distler, Tracy Frech, Daniel E Furst, Dinesh Khanna, Thomas Krieg, Masataka Kuwana, Marco Matucci-Cerinic, Janet Pope, Alessia Alunno
BACKGROUND: There is a strong rationale to develop locally-acting surgical treatments for digital ulcers (DUs) in patients with systemic sclerosis (SSc). Our aim was to examine the safety and efficacy of local surgical management for SSc-DU. METHODS: A systematic literature review was carried out until to August 2022 using 7 different databases. Original research studies concerning adult patients with SSc-DUs, and local surgical treatments were analysed using the PICO framework...
September 26, 2023: Seminars in Arthritis and Rheumatism