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Peri-Operative
Evaluation of the potential complications of surgical wound drainage in primary total hip arthroplasty: a prospective controlled double-blind study.
Hip international : the journal of clinical and experimental research on hip pathology and therapy. ;():. 10.1177/1120700020941749

Arthroplasty
Is wound drainage necessary in hip arthroplasty? A meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials
Eur J Orthop Surg Traumatol. 2014 Aug;24(6):939-46.

Arthroplasty
Autologous wound drains have no effect on allogeneic blood transfusions in primary total hip and knee replacement: a three-arm randomised trial

This report has been verified by one or more authors of the original publication.

Bone Joint J. 2014 Jun;96-B(6):765-71

Arthroplasty
Non-continuous versus continuous wound drainage after total knee arthroplasty: a meta-analysis
Int Orthop. 2014 Feb;38(2):361-71. doi: 10.1007/s00264-013-2105-0. Epub 2013 Sep 19.

Arthroplasty
No difference in total blood loss, haemoglobin and haematocrit between continues and intermittent wound drainage after total knee arthroplasty
Knee Surg Sports Traumatol Arthrosc. 2013 Dec;21(12):2831-6. doi: 10.1007/s00167-012-2253-6. Epub 2012 Oct 23

Trauma
Wound drainage versus non-drainage for proximal femoral fractures: A prospective randomised study
Injury. 2005 Jan;36(1):100-4

Arthroplasty
No Clear Advantage to Use of Wound Drains After Unilateral Total Knee Arthroplasty: A Prospective Randomized, Controlled Trial
The Journal of Arthroplasty Vol. 26 No. 4 2011

General Orthopaedics
Closed suction surgical wound drainage after hip fracture surgery: A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials
Int Orthop. 2008 Dec;32(6):723-7. Epub 2007 Aug 9