Risk of Orthopedic Surgical Site Infections in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis Treated with Antitumor Necrosis Factor Alfa Therapy

<table class="table-group" id="tab2"><tr><td><table class="table"><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="6"><hr/></td></tr><tr class="thead"><td align="left">Studies</td><td align="center">Selection</td><td align="center">Comparability</td><td align="center">Outcome</td><td align="center">Total</td><td align="center">Quality</td></tr><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="6"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td align="left">den Broeder AA e cols.</td><td align="center">
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                </td><td align="center">9</td><td align="center">high</td></tr><tr><td align="left">Kawakami K e cols.</td><td align="center">
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                </td><td align="center"></td><td align="center"></td><td align="center">4</td><td align="center">low</td></tr><tr><td align="left">Momohara S e cols.</td><td align="center">
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                </td><td align="center"></td><td align="center"></td><td align="center">4</td><td align="center">low</td></tr><tr class="table-tr"><td colspan="6"><hr class="tbody-hr"/></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr class="table-fn"><td>
                *Studies were considered of high quality if they had at least one asterisk in each area, and the sum of the asterisks were equal to or greater than five.<br/></td></tr></table>

Quality of studies according to Newcastle-Ottawa Cohort Quality Assessment Scale. 

International Journal of Rheumatology

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Table 2: Risk of Orthopedic Surgical Site Infections in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis Treated with Antitumor Necrosis Factor Alfa Therapy 