Postoperative drains at the donor sites of iliac-crest bone grafts: A prospective, randomized study of morbidity at the donor site in patients who had a traumatic injury of the spine

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery

Volumn 80, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 631-635

  Sasso, Rick C ^a,b   Williams, John I ^a,b   Dimasi, Nancy ^a,c   Meyer, Paul R ^a,c  

^a Indianapolis Neurosurgical Group ^*

^b Indianapolis Neurosurgical Group   (United States)

^c NORTHWESTERN MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE GRAFT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRAIN; FEMALE; HUMAN; ILIAC CREST; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SPINE INJURY; SUCTION DRAINAGE; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 0031834195     PISSN: 00219355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2106/00004623-199805000-00003     Document Type: Article

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