Are systemic emboli reduced in computer-assisted knee surgery? A prospective, randomised, clinical trial

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery - Series B

Volumn 88, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 198-202

  Kalairajah, Yega ^a,c   Cossey, A J ^a   Verrall, G M ^a   Ludbrook, G ^b   Spriggins, A J ^a  

^a Sportsmed SA   (Australia)

^b ROYAL ADELAIDE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANESTHESIST; ARTICLE; BRAIN EMBOLISM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED SURGERY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FEMUR; HUMAN; IMAGING SYSTEM; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; OPERATING ROOM PERSONNEL; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RANK SUM TEST; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURGEON; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL INSTRUMENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TIBIA; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT;

ACETABULUM; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL EMBOLISM; KNEE JOINT; KNEE PROSTHESIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; SURGERY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, TRANSCRANIAL;

EID: 33244481569     PISSN: 0301620X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1302/0301-620X.88B2.16906     Document Type: Article

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