Download PDF of slides (1.3 MB).
References:
- Arthritis Care & Research: 2017 American College of Rheumatology/ American Association of Hip and Knee Surgeons Guideline for the Perioperative Management of Antirheumatic Medication in Patients With Rheumatic Diseases Undergoing Elective Total Hip or Total Knee Arthroplasty
- Schairer WW, et al. Preoperative Hip Injections Increase the Rate of Periprosthetic Infection After Total Hip Arthroplast. Presentation/Abstract. AAOS Annual Meeting, Orlando, FL, March 2016.
- Bedard, N, et al. Do Injections Increase the Risk of Infection Following Total Knee Arthroplasty? Presentation/Abstract. AAOS Annual Meeting, Orlando, FL, March 2016.