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Role of Suction Drain after Knee Arthroplasty in the Tranexamic Acid Era: A Randomized Controlled Study

BACKGROUND: Postoperative suction drains are used after total knee arthroplasty to avoid intra-articular hematoma formation although they can increase blood loss due to a negative suction effect. The use of tranexamic acid to reduce blood loss may nullify this. The aim of this study was to compare o...

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Autores principales: Maniar, Rajesh Navin, Pradhan, Prashant, Bhatnagar, Nishit, Maniar, Adit, Bidwai, Rohan, Bindal, Pranav
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Korean Orthopaedic Association 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6389523/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30838110
http://dx.doi.org/10.4055/cios.2019.11.1.73