No clear benefit or drawback to the use of closed drainage after primary total knee arthroplasty: a systematic review and meta-analysis

BACKGROUND: Closed drainage after primary total knee arthroplasty (TKA) has been used routinely for many decades, but controversies have arisen in recent years. The purposes of this study were to compare the clinical outcomes of closed drainage with nondrainage after primary TKA; and to assess the b...

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Main Authors: Si, Hai-bo, Yang, Ti-min, Zeng, Yi, Shen, Bin
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: BioMed Central 2016
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Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4845483/
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