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SUBMITTER: Compagnoni R
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6097014 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Compagnoni Riccardo R Gualtierotti Roberta R Randelli Pietro P
Advances in therapy 20180711 8
Since its introduction, total joint arthroplasty (TJA) has improved the quality of life of patients with degenerative joint disorders. In the last decades, a number of conventional and biological disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs have become available for the treatment of patients with inflammatory rheumatic diseases (IRD), leading to a reduction in the need to undergo TJA. However, TJA is still frequently performed in IRD patients. Both rheumatologists and orthopedics should be aware that p ...[more]