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Patients on Dmards Undertaking Orthopaedic Procedures Do We Discontinue The Drugs? Review of Current Literature

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  • Karuppiah SV
  • Stavrou P

    (Department of Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgery, Flinders Medical Centre, South Australia)

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The prevalence of Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) is believed to range from 0.5 to 1.0% in the general population worldwide [1]. A small group of patients would require surgical management and these patients can be challenging. These is a cohort of patients requiring significant consideration before undertaking surgical treatment as they have a higher risk of complications during the peri operative period including surgical site wound infection (SSI) and delayed wound healing (DWH) [2].

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  • Karuppiah SV & Stavrou P, 2018. "Patients on Dmards Undertaking Orthopaedic Procedures Do We Discontinue The Drugs? Review of Current Literature," Orthopedics and Rheumatology Open Access Journals, Juniper Publishers Inc., vol. 11(4), pages 94-97, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:adp:joroaj:v:11:y:2018:i:4:p:94-97
    DOI: 10.19080/OROAJ.2018.11.555823
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