Clinical Practice Guidelines
AAHKS has produced these guidelines specifically for hip and knee surgeons to use in their practices. Practice ResourcesAcetaminophen in TJA
Description: The purpose of these guidelines is to improve the treatment of orthopaedic surgical patients and reduce practice variation by promoting a multidisciplinary evidenced-base approach on the use of acetaminophen following primary TJA.
Year released: 2020
NSAIDs in TJA
Description: The purpose of these guidelines is to improve the treatment of orthopaedic surgical patients and reduce practice variation by promoting a multidisciplinary evidenced-base approach on the use of NSAIDs following primary TJA.
Year released: 2020
Gabapentinoids in TJA
Year released: 2020
Opioids in TJA
Description:The purpose of these guidelines is to improve the treatment of orthopaedic surgical patients and reduce practice variation by promoting a multidisciplinary evidenced-base approach on the use of opioids following primary TJA.
Year released: 2020
Tranexamic Acid in TJA
orthopaedic surgical patients and reduce practice variation by promoting a
multidisciplinary evidence-based approach on the use of TXA.
Year released: 2018
Antirheumatic Drug Therapy
Description: Guideline for the Perioperative Management of Antirheumatic Medication in Patients with Rheumatic Diseases Undergoing Elective Total Hip or Total Knee Arthroplasty.
Year released: 2017
