Nondrainage decreases blood transfusion need and infection rate in bilateral total knee arthroplasty

Journal of Arthroplasty

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 993-997

  Demirkale, Ismail ^a   Tecimel, Osman ^b   Sesen, Hakan ^a   Kilicarslan, Kasim ^b   Altay, Murat ^a   Dogan, Metin ^c  

^a Kecioren Education and Research Hospital   (Turkey)

^b ATATURK TRAINING AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^c YILDIRIM BEYAZIT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Blood loss; Hemovac drain; Infection rate

Indexed keywords

CEFAZOLIN; HEMOGLOBIN; TRAMADOL;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; BANDAGE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; EXSANGUINATION; FEMALE; HEMARTHROSIS; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HEMOSTASIS; HUMAN; INFECTION RATE; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PNEUMATIC TOURNIQUET; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PROSTHESIS INFECTION; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; VERY ELDERLY; WOUND CLOSURE; WOUND DRAIN; WOUND DRAINAGE;

BLOOD LOSS; HEMOVAC DRAIN; INFECTION RATE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFECTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SUCTION;

EID: 84899064697     PISSN: 08835403     EISSN: 15328406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.arth.2013.10.022     Document Type: Article

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