Perioperative use of csDMARDs for rheumatoid arthritis
Australia & New Zealand Musculoskeletal Clinical Trials Network (ANZMUSC), 2023
Conventional synthetic DMARDs should not be paused routinely for surgery. Advice about perioperative use of csDMARDs in RA is available from An Australian Living Guideline for the Pharmacological Management of Inflammatory Arthritis: Perioperative use of DMARDs in people with inflammatory arthritis1.
1 Australia & New Zealand Musculoskeletal Clinical Trials Network (ANZMUSC). Perioperative use of DMARDs in people with inflammatory arthritis. An Australian Living Guideline for the Pharmacological Management of Inflammatory Arthritis. 2022 [version 2.8]. Accessed March 2023. Available from [URL].Return