Re-transfusion of autologous blood from wound drains: the means for reducing tranfusion requirements in total knee arthroplasty

Knee

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 321-323

  Peter, V K ^a,b   Radford, M ^a   Matthews, M G ^a  

^a WYCOMBE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Autologous; Blood loss; Blood transfusion; Salvage; Total knee arthroplasty

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BLOOD AUTOTRANSFUSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; KNEE ARTHROPLASTY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT; WOUND DRAINAGE;

ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION, AUTOLOGOUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0034786884     PISSN: 09680160     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0968-0160(01)00122-3     Document Type: Article

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