The American College of Rheumatology and American Association of Hip and Knee Surgeons’ updated 2022 Guideline for the Perioperative Management of Antirheumatic Medication in Patients With Rheumatic Diseases Undergoing Total Hip or Knee Arthroplasty gives doctors more latitude to use immunomodulatory drugs to help control the risk for flare-ups before and after major joint surgery.
The team of investigators who updated the guideline needed to manage immunomodulators’ increased