Postoperative blood salvage in hip and knee arthroplasty. A prospective study on cost effectiveness in 161 patients

Acta Orthopaedica Scandinavica

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 31-34

  Rizzi, Luigi ^a,b   Bertacchi, Paolo ^a   Ghezzi, Luciano M ^a   Bellavita, Piero ^a   Scudeller, Guido ^a  

^a OSPEDALI RIUNITI   (Italy)

^b NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENOXAPARIN; HEMOGLOBIN; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD AUTOTRANSFUSION; ERYTHROCYTE CONCENTRATE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE THROMBOSIS; TOTAL HIP PROSTHESIS; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT;

EID: 0031930366     PISSN: 00016470     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/17453679809002352     Document Type: Article

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