A prospective, randomised, controlled trial of the use of drains in total hip arthroplasty

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery - Series B

Volumn 87, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1397-1401

  Walmsley, P J ^a,d   Kelly, M B ^a   Hill, R M F ^b,c   Brenkel, I ^a  

^a QUEEN MARGARET HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ST RICHARD S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c NHS FIFE   (United Kingdom)

^d NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART INFARCTION; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PNEUMONIA; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURGICAL DRAINAGE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THROMBOEMBOLISM; TOTAL HIP PROSTHESIS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, HIP; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; DRAINAGE; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 27244446039     PISSN: 0301620X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1302/0301-620X.87B10.16221     Document Type: Article

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