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Fibrin sealant can reduce bloody drainage and hemoglobin loss post-total knee arthroplasty

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September 2014

Fibrin sealant can reduce bloody drainage and hemoglobin loss post-total knee arthroplasty

Vol: 3| Issue: 9| Number:37| ISSN#: 2564-2537
Study Type:Therapy
OE Level Evidence:2
Journal Level of Evidence:N/A

Use of fibrin sealant to reduce bloody drainage and hemoglobin loss after total knee arthroplasty: a brief note on a randomized prospective trial

J Bone Joint Surg Am. 2001 Oct;83-A(10):1503-5

Contributing Authors:
GJ Wang DS Hungerford CG Savory AG Rosenberg MA Mont SG Burks SL Mayers WD Spotnitz

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53 patients undergoing unilateral primary total knee arthroplasty with cement were randomized to receive or not fibrin sealant sprayed onto the wound before tourniquet deflation and wound closure. Within 12 hours postoperatively, the amount of bloody drainage was significantly less in the fibrin sealant group. The decrease in hemoglobin levels was also significantly less in the fibrin sealant grou...

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