A 21-year-old woman comes to the university health clinic ...

-Increases uric acid removal from urine (decreases reabsorption) -Surgical Intervention (if you get rid of the joint, then you get rid of a potential site for gout to attack!)-I&D/Washout -Arthroplasty -Arthrodesis-Further Reading-Roper RB. The perioperative management of the gouty patient. J Amer Podiatry Assoc. 1984 Apr;74(4):168-72. ................
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