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Total Joint Arthroplasty in the Patient with Connective Tissue Disease

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This chapter reviews the practice of total joint arthroplasty in patients with connective tissue disease, emphasizing the common postoperative outcomes and medical complications of this type of surgery. Recent studies of an epidemiologic nature have further expanded our understanding of the clinical course and outcome experienced by patients undergoing total joint arthroplasty of the lower extremity. Although this work is not specifically focused on the connective tissue disease patient, this chapter begins with a brief review of this work as these observations are relevant to all patients undergoing such surgery and they may not be widely known to rheumatologists and other physicians involved in the perioperative care of these patients.

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  1. Department of Rheumatology – Medicine, Hospital for Special Surgery, 535 East 70th Street, New York, NY, 10021, USA

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    Edwin P. Su M.D.

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MacKenzie, C.R., Su, E.P. (2013). Total Joint Arthroplasty in the Patient with Connective Tissue Disease. In: Mandell, B. (eds) Perioperative Management of Patients with Rheumatic Disease. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-2203-7_20

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