Does temporary clamping of drains following knee arthroplasty reduce blood loss? A randomised controlled trial

Knee

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 325-327

  Kiely, N ^a,b,c   Hockings, M ^a,b   Gambhir, A ^a,b  

^a ROYAL PRESTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b NORTH MANCHESTER GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Drains; Knee arthroplasty; Transfusion

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CLAMP; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRAIN; HUMAN; KNEE ARTHROPLASTY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT; WOUND DRAINAGE;

ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; BLOOD LOSS, SURGICAL; CONSTRICTION; DRAINAGE; HUMANS;

EID: 0034791791     PISSN: 09680160     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0968-0160(01)00095-3     Document Type: Article

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