Prospective randomized study after the use of drains in total knee arthroplasty with implant

Revista Brasileira de Ortopedia

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 257-262

  De Araujo Goes, Rogério Franco ^a   Da Silva, Anselmo Fernandes ^a   Lyra, Fábio Soares ^a   Loures, Fabricio Bolpato ^a   Da Palma, Idemar Monteiro ^b   De Araujo de Barros Cobra, Hugo Alexandre ^c   Labronici, Pedro José ^d  

^a Hospital Santa Teresa   (Brazil)

^b Instituto Nacional de Traumato Ortopedia (INTO)   (Brazil)

^c INTO   (Brazil)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Arthroplasty; Flood bypass channel; Knee; Prostheses and implants; Replacement

Indexed keywords

EID: 84889562544     PISSN: 01023616     EISSN: 19824378     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rboe.2012.08.002     Document Type: Article

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