Can knee position save blood following total knee replacement?

Knee

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 81-85

  Ong, Shong Meng ^a   Taylor, Grahame John Saint Clair ^a  

^a GLENFIELD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Blood loss; Elevation; Flexion; Knee replacement

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BLEEDING; BLOOD; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BODY POSITION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDEMA; EXTENSOR MUSCLE; HIP; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; JOINT MOBILITY; KNEE ELEVATION; KNEE FUNCTION; KNEE PAIN; KNEE POSITION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MOTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TISSUE OXYGENATION; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT; WOUND DRAINAGE;

AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; BLOOD LOSS, SURGICAL; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; COHORT STUDIES; DRAINAGE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE; PAIN MEASUREMENT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; POSTURE; PROBABILITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; RISK ASSESSMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 0037341007     PISSN: 09680160     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0968-0160(02)00076-5     Document Type: Article

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