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  1. 20-04-2022 | Osteoarthritis | News | Article

    Bariatric surgery may reduce need for TKA in people with obesity, knee osteoarthritis

    Findings from a randomized controlled trial suggest that weight-loss surgery may negate the need for total knee arthroplasty for some people with severe obesity and knee osteoarthritis.

  2. 05-08-2021 | Osteoarthritis | News | Article

    Bariatric surgery linked to reduced analgesic use in obese people with osteoarthritis

    People with osteoarthritis and obesity who undergo bariatric surgery are less likely to require long-term analgesic prescriptions and have a lower mortality risk than those who do not, researchers report.

  3. 14-01-2021 | Gout | News | Article

    Support for bariatric surgery in obese people with gout

    Bariatric surgery is associated with a significant decrease in bodyweight and serum uric acid levels among people with obesity, with particularly pronounced reductions in those with hyperuricemia and gout, researchers report.

  4. 07-08-2019 | Rheumatoid arthritis | News | Article
    News in brief

    Bariatric surgery may not reduce RA risk

    Among people with obesity, undergoing bariatric surgery is not associated with a reduction in the risk for developing rheumatoid arthritis, researchers report.

  5. 06-09-2019 | Osteoarthritis | News | Article
    News in brief

    Inadequate glycemic testing prior to joint replacement surgery

    A substantial proportion of patients undergoing total joint replacement do not receive a test for glycemic control prior to surgery, researchers report.

  6. 21-02-2019 | Osteoarthritis | News | Article

    Shoulder replacement surgery riskier than previously thought

    Study findings published in The BMJ suggest that the risk for serious adverse events following shoulder replacement surgery is greater than previously considered, and the likelihood of requiring revision surgery is elevated in younger patients.

  7. 25-06-2018 | Rheumatoid arthritis | Review | Article

    Optimizing rheumatoid arthritis patients for surgery

    Sigmund A, Russell LA. Curr Rheumatol Rep 2018; 20: 48. doi: 10.1007/s11926-018-0757-x

  8. 24-10-2018 | Osteoarthritis | News | Article

    Similar pain benefits with surgery and physical therapy for osteoarthritis meniscal tear

    He offered two possible explanations for the higher rate: “One is the accelerated structural damage in those who are treated surgically […], another would be a greater familiarity of patients with surgery and the surgeons having had their arthroscopic surgery.”

  9. 01-09-2018 | Psoriatic arthritis | Article

    Incidence and predictive factors for orthopedic surgery in patients with psoriatic arthritis

    Nystad TW et al. J Rheumatol 2018. doi: 10.3899/jrheum.180203

  10. 25-10-2017 | Osteoarthritis | News | Article

    Consideration of TKA risk following arthroscopic surgery warranted

    Results of a systematic review suggest that older patients and those with more severe osteoarthritis have an elevated risk for undergoing total knee arthroplasty following arthroscopic surgery.

  11. 17-10-2017 | Osteoarthritis | News | Article

    Obesity associated with mobility loss in later life after surgery for OA

    For women who had their first TKR at the age of 67–74 years, those who had class I or II obesity had a significantly higher risk for mobility limitation than normal-weight women (OR=2.75 and 3.24, respectively), but among the women who were aged 75–79 at the time of surgery, only those with class II obesity had a significantly increased risk (OR=1.99).

  12. 23-09-2022 | Axial spondyloarthritis | News | Article

    Successful retreatment of axSpA flare feasible following ixekizumab withdrawal

    They highlight: “The present findings may be of relevance to patients who may need temporary withdrawal of therapy due to pregnancy, relevant concomitant disease or surgery, for example.”

  13. 13-07-2022 | Surgery | News | Article
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    US guidelines issued for the use of rheumatology drugs around the time of hip, knee replacement

    “This guideline is intended for use by clinicians and patients and balances the risk of flares of disease when medications are withheld versus infection risk attributed to the medications when they are continued,” say the guideline authors, led by Susan Goodman (Hospital for Special Surgery, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, USA).

  14. 08-06-2022 | EULAR 2022 | Conference coverage | Article
    News in brief

    Maternal, fetal morbidity rates remain high in SLE

    Bella Mehta (Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, USA) and team found higher rates of severe maternal morbidity among 51,161 women with SLE relative to 40 million women without SLE who had hospital births in the USA between 2008 and 2017.

  15. 16-03-2022 | Geriatric | Adis Journal Club | Article
    Advances in Therapy

    Polytrauma in the Geriatric Population: Analysis of Outcomes for Surgically Treated Multiple Fractures with a Minimum 2 Years of Follow-Up

    Polytraumatized elderly patients with multiple fractures who undergo orthopedic surgery should be meticulously evaluated with a multidisciplinary approach in order to prevent age-related complications (especially pulmonary thromboemboli) and to decrease mortality rates.

  16. 15-03-2022 | Juvenile idiopathic arthritis | News | Article
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    ACR issues two updated guidelines for JIA treatment

    “For many years, treatment of JIA consisted of corticosteroids, non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs [NSAIDs], physical therapy, bracing and surgery,” said lead author Karen Onel (Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, USA) in a press release.

  17. 02-02-2022 | Gout | News | Article

    Gout linked to increased risk for lower extremity amputation

    Study findings suggest that men with gout, particularly those with poor serum urate control, may have an elevated risk for lower extremity amputation.

  18. 13-12-2021 | Osteoarthritis | News | Article
    News in brief

    Knee replacement linked to reduced MACE, mortality risk in people with osteoarthritis

    They also note that TKR was associated with significantly lower rates of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug use at 1–2 years after surgery (46.2 vs 53.8% in the non-TKR group), albeit with “much higher” doses in the TKR group around the time of surgery. medwireNews is an independent medical news service provided by Springer Healthcare Ltd. © 2021 Springer Healthcare Ltd, part of the Springer Nature Group Osteoarthritis Cartilage 2021; doi:10.1016/j.joca.2021.09.015.

  19. 26-10-2021 | Systemic lupus erythematosus | News | Article

    Rituximab then belimumab may warrant further investigation for refractory SLE

    In an accompanying commentary, Medha Barbhaiya (Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, USA) and Katherine Liao (Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA) caution that “the clinical significance of a reduced, but persistently positive, anti-dsDNA IgG level is not certain.”

  20. 11-08-2021 | JAK inhibitors | Feature | Article

    JAK inhibitor safety: Distilling the evidence

    Peter Nash discusses the latest evidence on the association between JAK inhibitors and the risk for VTE, MACE, and malignancy

    Nash notes that precautionary measures can be taken to reduce VTE risk in people taking JAK inhibitors, such as stopping treatment “for a few days” around the time of a long-haul flight or if someone is undergoing surgery.

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