Factors associated with prolonged wound drainage after primary total hip and knee arthroplasty

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery

Volumn 89, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 33-38

  Patel, Vipul P ^a   Walsh, Michael ^a   Sehgal, Bantoo ^a   Preston, Charles ^a   DeWal, Hargovind ^a   Di Cesare, Paul E ^a  

^a NYU HOSPITAL FOR JOINT DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ENOXAPARIN; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN; WARFARIN;

AGED; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BODY MASS; COMPRESSION THERAPY; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBID OBESITY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OPERATION DURATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; TOTAL HIP PROSTHESIS; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT; WOUND DRAINAGE; WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 33846110901     PISSN: 00219355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2106/JBJS.F.00163     Document Type: Article

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