No effect of fibrin sealant on drain output or functional recovery following simultaneous bilateral total knee arthroplasty: A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study

Acta Orthopaedica

Volumn 84, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 153-158

  Skovgaard, Christian ^a   Holm, Bente ^a   Troelsen, Anders ^a   Lunn, Troels H ^a   Gaarn Larsen, Lissi ^a   Kehlet, Henrik ^a,b   Husted, Henrik ^a  

^a HVIDOVRE HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b University of Copenhagen   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIBRIN GLUE; PLACEBO;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; KNEE; KNEE PAIN; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RANGE OF MOTION; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIFIBRINOLYTIC AGENTS; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; DRAINAGE; EDEMA; FEMALE; FIBRIN TISSUE ADHESIVE; HEMOSTASIS, SURGICAL; HEMOSTATICS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; TOURNIQUETS; TRANEXAMIC ACID; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84876354412     PISSN: 17453674     EISSN: 17453682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/17453674.2013.769082     Document Type: Article

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