Arthroplasty in patients with established rheumatoid arthritis (RA): Mitigating risks and optimizing outcomes

Best Practice and Research: Clinical Rheumatology

Volumn 29, Issue 4-5, 2015, Pages 628-642

  Goodman, Susan M ^a   Figgie, Mark A ^a  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SPECIAL SURGERY   (United States)

Author keywords

Arthroplasty; Methotrexate; Perioperative management; Prosthetic joint infection; Rheumatoid arthritis; TNFa inhibitors

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENT;

ARTHROPLASTY; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DISLOCATION; HIP ARTHROPLASTY; HUMAN; LUNG EMBOLISM; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SURGICAL INFECTION; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT; WOUND INFECTION; ANALGESIA; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; PROCEDURES; PROSTHESIS-RELATED INFECTIONS;

ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENTS; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; ARTHROPLASTY; HUMANS; PAIN MANAGEMENT; PROSTHESIS-RELATED INFECTIONS;

EID: 84949520917     PISSN: 15216942     EISSN: 15321770     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.berh.2015.09.004     Document Type: Review

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