Closed suction drainage after knee arthroplasty a prospective study of the effectiveness of the operation and of bacterial contamination

Acta Orthopaedica Belgica

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 44-47

  Zamora Navas, P ^a   Collado Torres, F ^a   De La Torre Solis F ^a  

^a HGB de la Axarquía ^*  (Spain)

Author keywords

Bacterial contamination; Drainage; Knee arthroplasty

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; HUMAN; KNEE ARTHROPLASTY; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; SUCTION DRAINAGE; SURGICAL WOUND; WOUND CLOSURE; WOUND DRAINAGE; WOUND HEALING;

ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; DRAINAGE; HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 0032915663     PISSN: 00016462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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