Results of Primary Total Knee Arthroplasty in Jehovah's Witness Patients

Journal of Arthroplasty

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 49-55

  Harwin, Steven F ^a   Issa, Kimona ^b   Naziri, Qais ^b   Johnson, Aaron J ^b   Mont, Michael A ^b  

^a BETH ISRAEL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b SINAI HOSPITAL OF BALTIMORE   (United States)

Author keywords

Blood transfusion; Jehovah's Witnesses; Outcome; Survivorship; Total knee arthroplasty

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; RELIGION; SELF REPORT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT; TREATMENT REFUSAL;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; BLOOD LOSS, SURGICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; JEHOVAH'S WITNESSES; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PROSTHESIS FAILURE;

EID: 84870764776     PISSN: 08835403     EISSN: 15328406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.arth.2012.05.021     Document Type: Article

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