Are drains required following a routine primary total joint arthroplasty?

International Orthopaedics

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 593-596

  Kumar, Skand ^a,d   Penematsa, Subbaraju ^b   Parekh, Sailesh ^c  

^a PRINCESS ROYAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b NUFFIELD ORTHOPAEDIC CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^c CITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN; PALACOS; WARFARIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUCTION DRAINAGE; TOTAL HIP PROSTHESIS; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT; WOUND INFECTION;

ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; DRAINAGE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 35348850139     PISSN: 03412695     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00264-006-0245-1     Document Type: Article

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