The place of methotrexate perioperatively in elective orthopedic surgeries in patients with rheumatoid arthritis

Clinical Rheumatology

Volumn 27, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1217-1220

  Pieringer, Herwig ^a   Stuby, Ulrike ^a   Biesenbach, Georg ^a  

^a KEPLER UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Austria)

Author keywords

Methotrexate; Rheumatoid arthritis; Surgery; Wound healing

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; DISEASE MODIFYING ANTIRHEUMATIC DRUG; LEFLUNOMIDE; METHOTREXATE;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMORBIDITY; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DRUG BIOAVAILABILITY; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG SAFETY; ELECTIVE SURGERY; HUMAN; LOW DRUG DOSE; MEDLINE; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; TOTAL HIP PROSTHESIS; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT; WOUND HEALING IMPAIRMENT;

ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENTS; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; ARTHROPLASTY; HUMANS; METHOTREXATE; PERIOPERATIVE CARE; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, ELECTIVE; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 51549091222     PISSN: 07703198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10067-008-0888-y     Document Type: Article

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