Closed suction drains, reinfusion drains or no drains in primary total knee replacement?

Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

Volumn 94, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 347-350

  Al Zahid, S ^a   Davies, A P ^a  

^a MORRISTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Autologous transfusion; Beinfusion drains; Blood transfusion; Haemoglobin; Total knee arthroplasty

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BLOOD AUTOTRANSFUSION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; KNEE ARTHROPLASTY; MALE; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SUCTION;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION, AUTOLOGOUS; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SUCTION;

EID: 84864451293     PISSN: 00358843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1308/003588412X13171221590098     Document Type: Article

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