The effect of suction drains after total hip replacement
- 1 August 1988
- journal article
- research article
- Published by British Editorial Society of Bone & Joint Surgery in The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery. British volume
- Vol. 70-B (4) , 607-610
- https://doi.org/10.1302/0301-620x.70b4.3403607
Abstract
A prospective study of 120 consecutive total hip replacements showed that deep suction drains produced maximal drainage volumes in the first 24 hours. Their continued presence resulted in minimal further drainage, did not reduce the likelihood of haematoma formation and led in some cases to the spread of skin organisms into the wound.This publication has 0 references indexed in Scilit: