Surgery
If rheumatoid arthritis causes irreversible damages in your joints, surgery is necessary to restore your basic functions. The main goal is to fix deformities or alleviate pain. The most common surgical procedures often involve your wrist, hand, and finger. The doctor might remove inflamed tissues lining your finger joints, release finger tendons, or cut a ligament in your wrist to alleviate nerve pressure. Another technique is the arthroscopy, which removes inflamed joint tissues. In more severe cases, a part or all of the joints in your shoulder, knee, or hip can be replaced, a procedure is known as arthroplasty. [10]
