Wound Complications after Total Knee Arthroplasty

Journal of Arthroplasty

Volumn 22, Issue 4 SUPPL., 2007, Pages 39-44

  Vince, Kelly ^a   Chivas, Dan ^a   Droll, Kurt P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

drainage; infection; necrosis; total knee arthroplasty; wound complications

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN; WARFARIN;

ALCOHOLISM; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CANCER; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; DEBRIDEMENT; DIABETES MELLITUS; ECCHYMOSIS; ERYTHEMA; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HEMARTHROSIS; HEMATOMA; HIP ARTHROPLASTY; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPOKALEMIA; HYPOTHYROIDISM; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INFECTION RISK; KIDNEY FAILURE; LAVAGE; LOW DRUG DOSE; LUNG EMBOLISM; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OBESITY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RISK ASSESSMENT; SKIN FLAP; SKIN NECROSIS; SMOKING; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL DRAINAGE; SURGICAL INFECTION; SURGICAL PATIENT; SURGICAL WOUND; THROMBOSIS PREVENTION; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT; VEIN INSUFFICIENCY; WOUND HEALING;

ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; DEBRIDEMENT; DRAINAGE; HUMANS; IRRIGATION; KNEE PROSTHESIS; NECROSIS; PROSTHESIS-RELATED INFECTIONS; SKIN; SURGICAL FLAPS; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 34347207610     PISSN: 08835403     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.arth.2007.03.014     Document Type: Article

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