Autologous Drains in Arthroplasty. A Randomized Control Trial

Journal of Arthroplasty

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 808-813

  Wood, Gavin C ^a,b   Kapoor, Amit ^a,c   Javed, Arshad ^a  

^a BLACKPOOL VICTORIA HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b LONDON HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

^c WRIGHTINGTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

retransfusion drains; total hip arthroplasty; total knee arthroplasty

Indexed keywords

CEFTRIAXONE; HEMOGLOBIN; TINZAPARIN;

AGED; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HIP ARTHROPLASTY; HUMAN; KNEE ARTHROPLASTY; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OSTEOARTHRITIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REHABILITATION CARE; TOTAL HIP PROSTHESIS; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT; WOUND DRAINAGE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, HIP; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; DRAINAGE; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOARTHRITIS, HIP; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 49549098132     PISSN: 08835403     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.arth.2007.07.006     Document Type: Article

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