Continuing versus discontinuing antiplatelet drugs, vasodilators, and/or cerebral ameliorators on perioperative total blood loss in total knee arthroplasty without pneumatic tourniquet
Background: Although studies have supported the utility of perioperative continuation of antiplatelet drugs, vasodilators, and cerebral ameliorators in most procedures, no study compared total volume of blood loss after total knee arthroplasty (TKA) in patients continuing and discontinuing these dru...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2018-03-01
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Series: | Arthroplasty Today |
Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352344117300729 |