Effectiveness of suction drainage after primary or revision total hip and total knee arthroplasty

Orthopedics

Volumn 24, Issue 12, 2001, Pages 1158-1160

  Ashraf, T ^a   Darmanis, S ^a   Krikler, S J ^a  

^a NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXUDATE; FEMALE; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; JOINT PROSTHESIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; SUCTION DRAINAGE; SURGICAL WOUND; TOTAL HIP PROSTHESIS; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, HIP; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; DRAINAGE; FEMALE; HEMATOMA; HUMANS; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; REOPERATION; SUCTION; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 0035666964     PISSN: 01477447     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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