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Clinical rheumatology · Jan 1999
Comparative StudyHigh frequency of hysterectomies and appendectomies in fibromyalgia compared with rheumatoid arthritis: a pilot study.
- E J ter Borg, E Gerards-Rociu, H C Haanen, and P Westers.
- Department of Rheumatology, St. Antonius Hospital, Nieuwegein, The Netherlands.
- Clin. Rheumatol. 1999 Jan 1;18(1):1-3.
AbstractWe investigated, in retrospect, if there were differences in the frequency and types of abdominal surgery between newly diagnosed female fibromyalgia (n = 80) and rheumatoid arthritis (n = 47) patients performed before the formal diagnosis. There was no difference in the total number of abdominal operations between both groups. In the rheumatoid arthritis group more cholecystectomies (p = 0.01) were performed, probably due to the older age of these patients (58.5 vs 48.5 years). However, in the fibromyalgia group there were more hysterectomies (p = 0.04) and appendectomies (p = 0.05) than in the rheumatoid arthritis group.
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