Society guideline links: Total hip 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: Hip and groin pain" and "Society guideline links: Hip fracture in adults".)

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)

●American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS): Management of hip fractures in older adults - Evidence-based clinical practice guideline (2021)

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

●AAOS: Management of osteoarthritis of the hip - Evidence-based clinical practice guideline (2017)

●American College of Radiology (ACR): ACR Appropriateness Criteria on imaging after total hip arthroplasty (reviewed 2015)

●American College of Chest Physicians (ACCP): Evidence-based clinical practice guidelines on prevention of VTE in orthopedic surgery patients – Antithrombotic therapy and prevention of thrombosis, 9th edition (2012)

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

Europe

●Prevention of periprosthetic joint infection in total hip and knee replacement – One European consensus (2022)

●European Society of Regional Anaesthesia and Pain Therapy (ESRA): PROSPECT guideline for total hip arthroplasty: A systematic review and procedure-specific postoperative pain management recommendations (2021)

●Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS): Consensus statement for perioperative care in total hip replacement and total knee replacement surgery – Society recommendations (2019)

●European Society for Anesthesiology (ESA): European guidelines on perioperative venous thromboembolism prophylaxis – Surgery in the elderly (2018)

●European multidisciplinary consensus statement on the use and monitoring of metal-on-metal bearings for total hip replacement and hip resurfacing (2013)

United Kingdom

●National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE): Clinical guideline on hip fracture – Management (2011, updated 2023)

●NICE: Interventional procedures guidance on supercapsular percutaneously assisted total hip arthroplasty for osteoarthritis (2022)

●NICE: Quality standard on joint replacement (primary) – Hip, knee and shoulder (2022)

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

●NICE: Interventional procedures guidance on minimally invasive total hip replacement (2010)