Knee arthroplasty and bleeding: When to remove drainages

Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 393-397

  Ares, Oscar ^a,b   Seijas, Roberto ^b   Hernandez, Alberto ^c   Castellet, Enric ^d   Sallent, Andrea ^e  

^a HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL QUIRÓN   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL DONOSTIA   (Spain)

^d HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI VALL D HEBRON   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Drainage; Knee arthroplasty; Risk factors; Survival curve

Indexed keywords

EID: 84872670897     PISSN: 09422056     EISSN: 14337347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00167-012-1966-x     Document Type: Article

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