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- Title
Complications and features after joint surgery in rheumatoid arthritis patients treated with tumour necrosis factor-α blockers: perioperative interruption of tumour necrosis factor-α blockers decreases complications?
- Authors
Kawakami, Kosei; Ikari, Katsunori; Kawamura, Koichiro; Tsukahara, So; Iwamoto, Takuji; Yano, Koichiro; Sakuma, Yu; Tokita, Asami; Momohara, Shigeki
- Abstract
Objective. TNF-α blockers reportedly increase the risk of complications in rheumatic patients following surgery. Whereas deep venous thrombosis (DVT) is a significant complication after orthopaedic surgery of the lower limbs, the risk for DVT in RA patients receiving TNF blockers remains unclear. The aim of this study was to identify complications that can be attributed to the use of TNF-α blocker therapy.
- Subjects
TUMOR necrosis factors; RHEUMATISM; VENOUS thrombosis; ORTHOPEDICS; ARTHRITIS
- Publication
Rheumatology, 2010, Vol 49, Issue 2, p341
- ISSN
1462-0324
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1093/rheumatology/kep376