The comparison of the effects of intraoperative bleeding control and postoperative drain clamping methods on the postoperative blood loss and the need for transfusion following total knee arthroplasty

Acta Orthopaedica et Traumatologica Turcica

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 190-194

  Aksoy, Yusuf ^a   Altinel, Levent ^a,b   Köse, Kamil Çaǧri ^c  

^a Sandikli State Hospital   (Turkey)

^b AFYON KOCATEPE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

^c DUZCE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Bleeding control; Blood loss; Drain clamping; Total knee arthroplasty

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BLOODLESS CARE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HEMOSTASIS; HUMAN; KNEE ARTHROPLASTY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT MONITORING; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND DRAINAGE;

AGED; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; BLOOD LOSS, SURGICAL; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BLOODLESS MEDICAL AND SURGICAL PROCEDURES; DRAINAGE; FEMALE; HEMOSTASIS, SURGICAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING, INTRAOPERATIVE; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79961055073     PISSN: 1017995X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3944/AOTT.2011.2398     Document Type: Article

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