Transfusion and Apheresis Science
Volume 42, Issue 1 , Pages 33-37 , February 2010

Activation of fibrinolysis by reinfusion of unwashed salvaged blood after total knee arthroplasty

  • Keiji Matsuda

      Affiliations

    • Department of Orthopaedics, Juntendo Nerima Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Address: Department of Orthopaedics, Juntendo University Nerima Hospital, 3-1-10 Takanodai, Nerima-ku, Tokyo 177-8521, Japan. Tel.: +81 3 5923 3111; fax: +81 3 5923 3217.
    • ,
  • Masahiko Nozawa

      Affiliations

    • Department of Orthopaedics, Juntendo Nerima Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
    • ,
  • Sadanobu Katsube

      Affiliations

    • Department of Orthopaedics, Nakaizu Spa Hospital, Shizuoka, Japan
    • ,
  • Katsuhiko Maezawa

      Affiliations

    • Department of Orthopaedics, Juntendo University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
    • ,
  • Hisashi Kurosawa

      Affiliations

    • Department of Orthopaedics, Juntendo University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan

Received 22 October 2008 ,Revised 12 November 2008 ,Accepted 8 December 2008.

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PII: S1473-0502(09)00173-6

doi: 10.1016/j.transci.2009.10.005

Transfusion and Apheresis Science
Volume 42, Issue 1 , Pages 33-37 , February 2010

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