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

OBJECTIVE: to compare the laboratorial results of opening suction drainage 6 hours and 12 hours after total knee arthroplasty surgery. METHODS: prospective and randomized study in 88 patients undergoing with total knee arthroplasty in two groups: in one group the opening suction drainage was pe...

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Main Authors: Rogério Franco de Araujo Goes, Anselmo Fernandes da Silva, Fábio Soares Lyra, Fabricio Bolpato Loures, Idemar Monteiro Da Palma, Hugo Alexandre de Araujo de Barros Cobra, Pedro José Labronici
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Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Ortopedia e Traumatologia 2013-06-01
Series:Revista Brasileira de Ortopedia
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0102-36162013000300257&lng=en&tlng=en