Adult-onset Still's disease surgery

Adult-onset Still's disease
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief:

Overview

Surgery is not the mainstay of treatment of adult-onset Stills' disease (AOSD).

Surgery

Surgery is not the mainstay of treatment of adult-onset Stills' disease (AOSD). However, surgical joint replacement or synovectomy may be performed in cases severely complicated by septic arthritis or joint destruction.