ArticleOrthopedic reviews2020
Efficacy of postoperative drainage in total knee arthroplasty: Review of the literature.
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14 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 20 citations in OpenAlex.
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- Use of muscular flaps for the treatment of knee prosthetic joint infection: A systematic review.Orthopedic reviews · 2022Pooled it
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- Clinic and Ultrasound Evaluation of Suction Drainage in Total Knee Arthroplasty Procedure: A Multicentric Prospective Trial.Indian journal of orthopaedics · 2025Article
- How to monitor and discriminate the causes of lower limb swelling during home-based rehabilitation after total knee arthroplasty? A delphi study.Arthroplasty (London, England) · 2025Article
- Early Biofilm Formation on the Drain Tip after Total Knee Arthroplasty Is Not Associated with Prosthetic Joint Infection: A Pilot Prospective Case Series Study of a Single Center.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
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- Is it time to resume elective knee arthroplasty surgery? A multidisciplinary experience in a Sardinian center during the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic.Orthopedic reviews · 2022Review
- Perioperative blood management programme in Jehovah's witnesses undergoing total knee arthroplasty: clinical results and cost-benefit analysis.Orthopedic reviews · 2022Article
- The Comparison of Inflammatory Cytokines between Spinal and General Anesthesia following Changes in Ischemic Reperfusion due to Tourniquet during Lower Limb Surgery.Advances in orthopedics · 2021Article
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Abstract
Postoperative drainage after total knee arthroplasty (TKA) is an established routine procedure for orthopedic surgeries, and is considered a useful practice in postoperative, but the use of drainage is controversial. Our study aims to clarify this aspect of knee prosthetic surgery. A systematic review of the literature was performed in the electronic databases to investigate the risks and the benefits of wound drainage in total knee arthroplasty: 30 articles were included in our review for eligibility. After the analysis of the literature performed, we found no significant advantages related with the use of wound drain following total knee replacement (TKR) in terms of pain, transfusion rate, blood loss, swelling, postoperative range of motion, wound complications, deep infection and hospital stay, while no drainage means a significant cost saving compared to drainage use. Thus, the use of drainage after TKA cannot be justified on the basis of the results of this study.
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