Timing of Tourniquet Release in Total Knee Arthroplasty When Using a Postoperative Blood Salvage Drain

Journal of Arthroplasty

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 539-542

  Steffin, Brian ^a,b   Green Riviere, Emilia ^a   Giori, Nicholas J ^a,b  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

blood salvage; knee arthroplasty; tourniquet

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BLOOD SALVAGE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; OSTEOARTHRITIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT; TOURNIQUET; WOUND CLOSURE; WOUND DRESSING;

AGED; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; HEMATOCRIT; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SALVAGE THERAPY; TIME FACTORS; TOURNIQUETS;

EID: 67349099096     PISSN: 08835403     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.arth.2008.01.302     Document Type: Article

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