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11685362

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5
pubmed:dateCreated
2001-10-30
pubmed:abstractText
Sixty patients were operated on for primary gonarthrosis by means of a cemented, posterior cruciate preserving total knee and were randomly allocated to postoperative drainage or nondrainage. The primary criterion was duration of hospital stay. Secondary criteria included serial evaluation of knee pain, knee flexion, knee circumference, calculated blood loss after 7 days, complications, reoperations, and the need for blood transfusions. There was no difference between the two groups in any of the criteria during the entire follow-up. There was a nonsignificant trend to a decreased calculated blood loss in the nondrained group and significantly less transfused blood units in the nondrained group. Lack of drainage does not increase complication risk after total knee prosthesis implantation. We therefore recommend using no routine drainage after this procedure.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Sep
pubmed:issn
0942-2056
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
9
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
299-301
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2001
pubmed:articleTitle
No drainage does not increase complication risk after total knee prosthesis implantation: a prospective, comparative, randomized study.
pubmed:affiliation
Centre de Traumatologie et d'Orthopédie, 10 avenue Achille Baumann, 67400 Illkirch, France. jyjenny@aol.com
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study