The use of a closed-suction drain in total knee arthroplasty

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery - Series B

Volumn 85, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 215-217

  Esler, C N A ^a,b   Blakeway, C ^a,b   Fiddian, N J ^a,b  

^a POOLE HOSPITAL NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECCHYMOSIS; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; KNEE FUNCTION; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOBILIZATION; NURSING; PAIN ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE EDEMA; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SUCTION DRAINAGE; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT; WOUND DRESSING;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; BLOOD LOSS, SURGICAL; ECCHYMOSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; SUCTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0037355680     PISSN: 0301620X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1302/0301-620X.85B2.13357     Document Type: Article

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