Effect of drain placed in the donor site in the early postoperative period after arthroscopically assisted anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction with quadrupled hamstring tendons

American Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 900-906

  Karahan, Mustafa ^a,b   Erol, Bülent ^a   Bekiroǧlu, Nural ^a   Uyan, Derya ^a  

^a MARMARA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

^b NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstruction; Donor site; Postoperative drain; Visual analog scale (VAS)

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HAMSTRING; HUMAN; KNEE ARTHROPLASTY; KNEE ARTHROSCOPY; KNEE FUNCTION; KNEE LIGAMENT INJURY; MALE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PERIPHERAL EDEMA; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SURGICAL DRAINAGE; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ARTHROSCOPY; DRAINAGE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PAIN MEASUREMENT; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; TENDONS; TRANSPLANTS;

EID: 19044384318     PISSN: 03635465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0363546504271503     Document Type: Article

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