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No positive effect of autologous platelet gel after total knee arthroplasty: A double-blind randomized controlled trial: 102 patients with a 3-month follow-up

Background and purpose Activated platelets release a cocktail of growth factors, some of which are thought to stimulate repair. We investigated whether the use of autologous platelet gel (PG) in total knee arthroplasty (TKA) would improve wound healing and knee function, and reduce blood loss and th...

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Autores principales: Peerbooms, Joost C, de Wolf, Gideon S, Colaris, Joost W, Bruijn, Daniël J, Verhaar, Jan A N
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Informa Healthcare 2009
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2823335/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19916689
http://dx.doi.org/10.3109/17453670903350081