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Calcium Alginate Dressing for Total Hip Arthroplasty

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January 2024

Calcium Alginate Dressing for Total Hip Arthroplasty

Vol: 306| Issue: 1| Number:14| ISSN#: 2564-2537
Study Type:Therapy
OE Level Evidence:1
Journal Level of Evidence:1

A New Dressing System for Wound in Enhanced-Recovery Total Hip Arthroplasty: A Randomized and Controlled Trial.

J Arthroplasty . 2023 Aug;38(8):1565-1570.

Contributing Authors:
P Lei D Zhong H Wu F Gao J Qi Z Li L Lai S Su

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Synopsis

124 patients undergoing total hip arthroplasty for osteonecrosis or femoral head or hip osteoarthritis were randomized to receive either a calcium alginate dressing system (n=62) or a traditional gauze (n=62). Outcomes of interest included the number of dressing changes, length of stay, Stony Brook Scar Evaluation Scale (SBSES), ASEPSIS wound score, pain on a Visual Analog Scale (VAS), Harris Hip ...

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