Thigh pain following tourniquet application in simultaneous bilateral total knee replacement arthroplasty

Journal of Arthroplasty

Volumn 12, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 848-852

  Worland, Richard L ^a   Arredondo, Jorge ^a   Angles, Francesc ^a   Lopez Jimenez, Francisco ^a   Jessup, Douglas E ^a  

^a HealthSouth Medical Center Richmond   (United States)

Author keywords

Pneumatic tourniquet; Thigh pain; Total knee arthroplasty

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT; TOURNIQUET;

EID: 0031444298     PISSN: 08835403     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0883-5403(97)90153-4     Document Type: Article

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