Are interventions for treatment of tophi in gout efficient? - A Cochrane Review summary with commentary

Affiliations

¹ Department of Rheumatology, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, School of Medicine University of Zagreb, Referral Center for Spondyloarthropathies, Ministry of Health of the Republic of Croatia, University Hospital Center Sestre Milosrdnice, Zagreb, Croatia.
² Zadar General Hospital, Zadar, Croatia.

Comment

Frane Grubišić et al. Int J Rheum Dis. 2023 Jul.

. 2023 Jul;26(7):1384-1387.

doi: 10.1111/1756-185X.14648. Epub 2023 Mar 9.

¹ Department of Rheumatology, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, School of Medicine University of Zagreb, Referral Center for Spondyloarthropathies, Ministry of Health of the Republic of Croatia, University Hospital Center Sestre Milosrdnice, Zagreb, Croatia.
² Zadar General Hospital, Zadar, Croatia.

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Keywords: Cochrane Review summary; gout; interventions; tophi.

Comment on

Interventions for tophi in gout.
Sriranganathan MK, Vinik O, Pardo Pardo J, Bombardier C, Edwards CJ. Sriranganathan MK, et al. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2021 Aug 11;8(8):CD010069. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD010069.pub3. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2021. PMID: 34379791 Free PMC article.

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