Sealing the intramedullary femoral canal with autologous bone plug in total knee arthroplasty

Journal of Arthroplasty

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 6-9

  Ko, P S ^a   Tio, M K ^a   Tang, Y K ^a   Tsang, W L ^a   Lam, J J ^a  

^a PAMELA YOUDE NETHERSOLE EASTERN HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Blood loss; Bone plug; Total knee arthroplasty (TKA); Transfusion

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BONE GRAFT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FEMUR; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SUCTION DRAINAGE; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT;

EID: 0037261105     PISSN: 08835403     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1054/arth.2003.50001     Document Type: Article

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