Variability in the Preoperative Rheumatoid Arthritis Medication Management in Hand Surgery
Luna Toma, Ethan Cossu, Leah Demetri, Brandon E Earp, Dafang Zhang, Philip E Blazar · 2026
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Luna Toma and co-authors chart in 2026 how hand surgeons handle arthritis drugs around surgery. People with rheumatoid arthritis take drugs that calm the immune system, which sparks fear of wound infection after an operation. Guides back keeping steroid and standard drugs through surgery, but no firm rule covers the newer biologic class.
The team read charts for 171 patients who had hand surgery at one center between 2015 and 2020. Most were on drug therapy at the time. Steroids were kept in 82 percent of cases, standard drugs in 73 percent, and biologics in 70 percent. Six patients, about one in thirty, got a wound infection in 30 days. The team calls the spread a sign of no shared standard, and urges larger joint studies.
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| CREATOR | Luna Toma, Ethan Cossu, Leah Demetri, Brandon E Earp, Dafang Zhang, Philip E Blazar |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 16 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |