Patients with moderate to severe osteoarthritis or osteonecrosis eligible for total joint arthroplasty who have failed one or more nonoperative therapies should proceed directly to surgery, according to new guidelines.
Patients with moderate to severe osteoarthritis or osteonecrosis eligible for total joint arthroplasty who have failed one or more nonoperative therapies should proceed directly to surgery, according tofrom the American College of Rheumatology and the American Association of Hip and Knee Surgeons.
The guidelines also state that obesity by itself should not be a reason to delay TJA."We could not find a rationale for a strict cut off for weight/BMI .
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