The use of fibrin tissue adhesive to reduce blood loss and the need for blood transfusion after total knee arthroplasty. A prospective, randomized, multicenter study

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery

Volumn 81, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 1580-1588

  Levy, Ofer ^a   Martinowitz, Uri ^b   Oran, Ariel ^b   Tauber, Chanan ^c   Horoszowski, Henri ^d  

^a ROYAL BERKSHIRE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^c KAPLAN MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^d NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIBRIN GLUE; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THROMBOSIS PREVENTION; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT;

EID: 0032702621     PISSN: 00219355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2106/00004623-199911000-00010     Document Type: Article

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