Experience Improves Successful Use of Fibrin Sealant in Total Knee Arthroplasty: Implications for Surgical Education

Journal of Long-Term Effects of Medical Implants

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 389-397

  Wang, Gwo Jaw ^a   Goldthwaite, Charles A ^b   Burks, Sandra G ^b   Spotnitz, William D ^b,c,d   Brabants, K ^e   Van Leeuwen, W M ^f   Jove, Maurice ^g   Kinzinger, Philippe ^h   Springmeyer, Craig ^w   Gutentag, Ira ⁱ   Martens, Marc ^j   Glasgow, Malcolm ^k   Hanson, Peter ^l   Iprenburg, M ^m   De Rycke, J ^w   Ziekenhuis, Elisabeth ^w   Ivey, Frank ⁿ   Massam, Robert ^o   Rhodes, Richard ^p   Stewart, Lauraine ^q   Allen, William ^r   DeAndrade, J Robin ^s   Freidman, Richard ^t   Ritter, Merrill ^u   Richman, Marc ^w   Cushner, Fred ^v   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^e Afdeling Orthopedie   (Belgium)

^f ST ANNA HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^g Atlanta Knee and Sports Medicine   (United States)

^h Clinique Saint Joseph   (Belgium)

ⁱ Matthews Clinic   (United States)

^j APRA Kliniek   (Belgium)

^k Institute of Orthopaedics   (United Kingdom)

^l Saddleback Medical Research   (United States)

^m Wilhelmina Ziekenhuis   (Netherlands)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

^o Research Consortium Inc   (United States)

^p Zanesville Inc ^*  (United States)

^q VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^r Orthopaed Assoc Zanesville Inc   (United States)

^s EMORY CLINIC   (United States)

^t MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^u Kendrick Memorial Hospital   (United States)

^v Insall Scott Kelly Institute   (United States)

^w NONE

more..

Author keywords

Education; Fibrin sealant; Total knee arthroplasty (TKA)

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN; PATIENT TREATMENT; SEALANTS; TISSUE;

FIBRIN SEALANTS;

IMPLANTS (SURGICAL);

FIBRIN GLUE; HEMOGLOBIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANEMIA; ARTHROPATHY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFUSION; CONSTIPATION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; INSOMNIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NAUSEA; PAIN; PRURITUS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SEROCONVERSION; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURGICAL TRAINING; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FIBRIN TISSUE ADHESIVE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SELECTION; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; SURGERY;

EID: 10744225471     PISSN: 10506934     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1615/JLongTermEffMedImplants.v13.i5.40     Document Type: Article

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