Table 1 Study characteristics
From: Comparison of complications in one-stage bilateral total knee arthroplasty with and without drainage
Study | Study design | Sample size | Mean age (years) | Gender (M/F) | BMI (kg/m 2 ) | Thrombosis prevention | Follow-up(month) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Patients | Knees | OA | |||||||
Kim YH et al. 1998 [10] | RCT | 69 | 138 | 84.1% | 64 (37–80) | 7/62 | 26 | NR | 16 (14–28) |
Xiong MY et al. 2008 [11] | RCT | 16 | 32 | 62.5% | 65 (45–84) | 7/9 | 26 | Aspirin | 12 |
Fan Y et al. 2013 [12] | RCT | 40 | 80 | 100% | 66.5 (49–75) | 16/24 | NR | LMWH | 12 |