TY - JOUR
T1 - Do antitumor necrosis factor agents increase the risk of postoperative orthopedic infections?
AU - Pappas, Dimitrios A.
AU - Giles, Jon T.
PY - 2008/7/1
Y1 - 2008/7/1
N2 - The practitioner is at a loss whenever a decision regarding the perioperative handling of antitumor necrosis factor agents has to be made. An attempt to combine, reconcile, and expand the knowledge available in the current literature will be made.
AB - The practitioner is at a loss whenever a decision regarding the perioperative handling of antitumor necrosis factor agents has to be made. An attempt to combine, reconcile, and expand the knowledge available in the current literature will be made.
KW - Inflammatory arthritis
KW - Orthopedic surgeries
KW - Postoperative infections
KW - Rheumatoid arthritis
KW - Tumor necrosis factor inhibitors
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U2 - 10.1097/BOR.0b013e3282fcc345
DO - 10.1097/BOR.0b013e3282fcc345
M3 - Review article
C2 - 18525360
AN - SCOPUS:47049102093
SN - 1040-8711
VL - 20
SP - 450
EP - 456
JO - Current opinion in rheumatology
JF - Current opinion in rheumatology
IS - 4
ER -