Society guideline links: Total knee arthroplasty

Introduction — This topic includes links to society and government-sponsored guidelines from selected countries and regions around the world. We will update these links periodically; newer versions of some guidelines may be available on each society's website. Some societies may require users to log in to access their guidelines.

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Links to related guidelines are provided separately. (See "Society guideline links: Osteoarthritis" and "Society guideline links: Knee pain".)

International

●International Consensus on Anaesthesia-Related Outcomes after Surgery group (ICAROS): Consensus recommendations based on a systematic review and meta-analysis on anaesthetic care of patients undergoing primary hip and knee arthroplasty (2019)

Canada

●Choosing Wisely Canada: Avoid performing routine post-operative deep vein thrombosis ultrasonography screening in patients who undergo elective hip or knee arthroplasty (updated 2021)

●Choosing Wisely Canada: Don't routinely request pathological examination of tissue from uncomplicated primary hip and knee replacement surgery undertaken for degenerative arthritis (updated 2021)

United States

●American College of Rheumatology (ACR)/American Association of Hip and Knee Surgeons (AAHKS): Guideline for the perioperative management of antirheumatic medication in patients with rheumatic diseases undergoing elective total hip or total knee arthroplasty, update (2022)

●AAHKS, American Society of Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine (ASRA), American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS), Hip Society, and Knee Society: The clinical practice guides on tranexamic acid use in total joint arthroplasty (2019)

●American College of Radiology (ACR): ACR Appropriateness Criteria on imaging after total knee arthroplasty (2017)

●Consensus statement from the Consensus Conference on Bilateral Total Knee Arthroplasty Group (2013)

●AAOS: Preventing venous thromboembolic disease in patients undergoing elective hip and knee arthroplasty – Evidence-based guideline and evidence report (2011)

Europe

●Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS): Consensus statement for perioperative care in total hip replacement and total knee replacement surgery – Society recommendations (2020)

United Kingdom

●National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE): Quality standard on joint replacement (primary) – Hip, knee and shoulder (2022)

●NICE: Guideline on joint replacement (primary) – Hip, knee, and shoulder (2020)

●BMJ Rapid Recommendations: Arthroscopic surgery for degenerative knee arthritis and meniscal tears – A clinical practice guideline (2017)

●NICE: Interventional procedure guidance on mini-incision surgery for total knee replacement (2010)

Australia–New Zealand

●Choosing Wisely Australia: Do not perform arthroscopy with lavage and/or debridement or partial meniscectomy for patients with symptomatic osteoarthritis of the knee and/or degenerate meniscal tear (2018)