No drain, autologous transfusion drain or suction drain? A randomised prospective study in total hip replacement surgery of 168 patients

Acta Orthopaedica Belgica

Volumn 76, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 619-627

  Cheung, Graham ^a   Carmont, Michael R ^b   Bing, Andrew J F ^a   Kuiper, Jan Herman ^c   Alcock, Robert J ^a   Graham, Niall M ^a  

^a ROBERT JONES AND AGNES HUNT ORTHOPAEDIC HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b PRINCESS ROYAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Autologous transfusion; Drain; Hip replacement

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BLOOD AUTOTRANSFUSION; BLOOD SALVAGE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HIP ARTHROPLASTY; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

AGED; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, HIP; BLOOD LOSS, SURGICAL; BLOOD TRANSFUSION, AUTOLOGOUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OPERATIVE BLOOD SALVAGE;

EID: 78549235405     PISSN: 00016462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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