A prospective randomised controlled trial of autologous retransfusion in total knee replacement

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery - Series B

Volumn 90, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 451-454

  Amin, A ^a,c   Watson, A ^a,b   Mangwani, J ^a   Nawabi, D ^a   Ahluwalia, R ^a   Loeffler, M ^a  

^a East Suffolk and North Essex Foundation Trust   (United Kingdom)

^b PRINCESS ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c Prince Alexandra Hospital ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD AUTOTRANSFUSION; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CHEST INFECTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; PATIENT CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; WOUND INFECTION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION, AUTOLOGOUS; DRAINAGE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 42149140650     PISSN: 0301620X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1302/0301-620X.90B4.20044     Document Type: Article

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