The 2017 recommendations are updated to reflect changes in medical literature, as well as to include newly approved drugs.
Articles tagged with "Perioperative Management of Anti-Rheumatic Medications in Patients with Rheumatic Diseases Undergoing Elective Total Hip or Knee Arthroplasty"
Infection Greater Worry Than Flare: Collaborative Guideline Offers Guidance to Prevent Joint Replacement Complications & Failure
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Total joint arthroplasty is one of the most common surgical procedures performed on adults with end-stage arthritis. One recent estimate showed that 2.5 million individuals in the U.S. are living with a total hip replacement and 4.7 million are living with knee replacements. For their patients with inflammatory arthritis, rheumatologists and orthopedic surgeons must…