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The Use of Fibrin Tissue Adhesive to Reduce Blood Loss and the Need for Blood Transfusion After Total Knee Arthroplasty. A Prospective, Randomized, Multicenter.

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1 The Use of Fibrin Tissue Adhesive to Reduce Blood Loss and the Need for Blood Transfusion After Total Knee Arthroplasty. A Prospective, Randomized, Multicenter Study* by OFER LEVY, URI MARTINOWITZ, ARIEL ORAN, CHANAN TAUBER, and HENRI HOROSZOWSKI J Bone Joint Surg Am Volume 81(11):1580-8 November 1, 1999 ©1999 by The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, Inc.

2 Fig. 1 Schematic drawing of the coagulation cascade and the composition of the components of the fibrin tissue adhesive (FTA). OFER LEVY et al. J Bone Joint Surg Am 1999;81:1580-8 ©1999 by The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, Inc.

3 Fig. 2 Graph showing the apparent and calculated28 blood loss in the control and fibrin-tissue- adhesive (FTA) groups. OFER LEVY et al. J Bone Joint Surg Am 1999;81:1580-8 ©1999 by The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, Inc.

4 Fig. 3 Graph showing the postoperative decrease in the hemoglobin levels in the control and fibrin-tissue-adhesive (FTA) groups. OFER LEVY et al. J Bone Joint Surg Am 1999;81:1580-8 ©1999 by The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, Inc.

5 Fig. 4 Graph showing the blood-transfusion requirements in the control and fibrin-tissue- adhesive (FTA) groups. OFER LEVY et al. J Bone Joint Surg Am 1999;81:1580-8 ©1999 by The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, Inc.


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