The effect of knee position on blood loss and range of motion following total knee arthroplasty

Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 594-599

  Li, Bin ^a   Wen, Yu ^a   Liu, Da ^a   Tian, Lijie ^a  

^a CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Blood loss; Extension; Flexion; Leg position; Postoperative management; Total knee arthroplasty

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BODY POSTURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; KNEE; KNEE ARTHROPLASTY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

AGED; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; BLOOD LOSS, SURGICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTURE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR;

EID: 84857444989     PISSN: 09422056     EISSN: 14337347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00167-011-1628-4     Document Type: Article

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