Comparative study of one stage bilateral total knee arthroplasty with or without drainage

National Medical Journal of China

Volumn 89, Issue 21, 2009, Pages 1480-1483

  Lin, Jin ^a   Fan, Yu ^a   Chang, Xiao ^a   Wang, Wei ^a   Weng, Xi Sheng ^a   Qiu, Gui Xing ^a  

^a PEKING UNION MEDICAL COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

Arthroplasty, Replacement, knee; Drainage; Knee prosthesis

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; KNEE ARTHROPLASTY; KNEE PROSTHESIS; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; WOUND DRAINAGE;

AGED; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; DRAINAGE; FEMALE; HUMANS; KNEE PROSTHESIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84871310282     PISSN: 03762491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.0376-2491.2009.21.013     Document Type: Article

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