Gout is a disease in which the body of the patient is not able to excrete the excess of uric acid. Thus happens due to the failure of the excretory system to excrete it or due to its excess production.

Therefore, the amount of uric acid in the blood increases and finally it goes out of the maximum limit. Because of this, it starts depositing in the important parts as kidneys in form of kidney stones and joints. This deposition in the joints is troublesome gives rise to arthritis.

The treatment for gout (gouty arthritis) would include the removal of these crystals of uric acid from the joints.  In the simpler cases, this is possible with the help of medications. However, in the later cases surgical removal of these crystals is required.

The uric acid crystals are deposited in the cartilages, tendons and the neighboring tissues of the joints. These crystals if not removed in the primary stage will go on accumulating in the joints. In most of the cases, they are removed by the medications, which dissolve them, and they are excreted through the body. However, in some cases, the medications fail, or the patient does not diagnose and treat the gout in the initial stages.

In such cases, it is not possible to remove the crystals from the joints and therefore the part in the joint in which the accumulation has occurred is removed with the help of the surgery. Therefore, the surgery for treatment for gout (gouty arthritis) is an excision surgery. Therefore, it should be resorted to as the last method if all the other methods fail.

Before doing the surgery the rheumatologist will take the radiographic images of the joint, which will give him the complete idea of the exact part, where there is excessive deposition.  Finding out the correct part, which is to be removed, is very important. This is because all the parts in the joints are important and removal of any one of them will affect the functioning and use of that particular joint.

Surgery is being used quite commonly in treatment for gout (gouty arthritis). Today excision surgeries have become very safe and have good success rates. Therefore, in the very severe cases where the accumulated crystals from the joints are causing unbearable pain and a constant increase in the inflammation then surgery is good choice for treatment for gout (gouty arthritis).