Postoperative Drains at the Donor Sites of Iliac-Crest Bone Grafts. A Prospective, Randomized Study of Morbidity at the Donor Site in Patients Who Had a Traumatic Injury of the Spine*
- 1 May 1998
- journal article
- clinical trial
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery
- Vol. 80 (5) , 631-5
- https://doi.org/10.2106/00004623-199805000-00003
Abstract
A prospective, randomized study was performed to assess the effectiveness of postoperative closed suction drainage. One hundred and twelve consecutive procedures involving autologous iliac-crest bone graft were performed, from December 29, 1992, to July 1, 1993, following a traumatic injury of the sKeywords
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