The use of surgical drains in orthopedics

Orthopedics

Volumn 31, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 702-705

  Gaines, Robert J ^a,c   Dunbar, Robert P ^b  

^a NAVAL MEDICAL CENTER PORTSMOUTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; CLINICAL TRIAL; EDEMA; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; INFECTION; JOINT PROSTHESIS; NONHUMAN; ORTHOPEDICS; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; REVIEW; SEROMA; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURGICAL DRAINAGE;

EID: 49549092722     PISSN: 01477447     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3928/01477447-20110505-06     Document Type: Review

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