Comparison of Drainage Techniques on Prolonged Serous Drainage after Total Hip Arthroplasty

Journal of Arthroplasty

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 244-248

  Strahovnik, Andrej ^a   Fokter, Samo K ^a   Kotnik, Marko ^a  

^a General Hospital Celje   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

hip arthroplasty; surgical wound; wound drainage; wound hematoma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEG PAIN; LEG SWELLING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RANDOMIZATION; SUCTION DRAINAGE; SURGICAL WOUND; THIGH; TOTAL HIP PROSTHESIS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, HIP; FEMALE; HIP JOINT; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOARTHRITIS, HIP; PAIN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SUCTION; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; THIGH; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 74249113242     PISSN: 08835403     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.arth.2008.08.014     Document Type: Article

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