Temporary Drainage Clamping After Total Knee Arthroplasty. A Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials

Journal of Arthroplasty

Volumn 25, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1240-1245

  Tai, Ta Wei ^a,b   Yang, Chyun Yu ^a   Jou, I Ming ^a   Lai, Kuo An ^a   Chen, Chia Hui ^c  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b BUDDHIST TZU CHI GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Clamping drainage; Meta analysis; Total knee arthroplasty

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CLAMP; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RANGE OF MOTION; SURGICAL DRAINAGE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT;

ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; DRAINAGE; HUMANS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 78249251173     PISSN: 08835403     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.arth.2009.08.013     Document Type: Article

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