Dec 3, 2020 | Guidelines, Patient Education, Publications
The American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS) American Joint Replacement Registry (AJRR), the official registry of AAHKS, has released the AJRR Patient-Facing Interim Report, which takes clinical hip and knee arthroplasty data from the AJRR 2019 Annual Report...
Jul 27, 2018 | Guidelines, Research
A new clinical practice guideline, “Tranexamic Acid in Total Joint Arthroplasty,” has been developed and is now available for download on the AAHKS website. AAHKS, The American Society of Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine (ASRA), The American Academy of...
Nov 17, 2017 | Guidelines, Practice Management
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released their 2017 Guideline for the Prevention of Surgical Site Infection, which recommends against the use of post-operative prophylactic antibiotics – including patients undergoing total joint arthroplasty...
Jun 16, 2017 | Guidelines
According to a new guideline released by AAHKS and the American College of Rheumatology (ACR), the risk of joint infection resulting from total hip and knee replacements can be reduced with careful management of anti-rheumatic medications during the perioperative...
