Tourniquet versus no tourniquet use in routine knee arthroscopy: A prospective, double-blind, randomized clinical trial

Arthroscopy

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 121-126

  Kirkley, Alexandra ^a   Rampersaud, Raja ^a   Griffin, Sharon ^a   Amendola, Annunziato ^a   Litchfield, Robert ^a   Fowler, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Arthroscopy; Quality of life; Randomized clinical trial; Tourniquet

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CUFF; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; KNEE ARTHROSCOPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PAIN ASSESSMENT; QUALITY OF LIFE; TOURNIQUET; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0034051765     PISSN: 07498063     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0749-8063(00)90024-0     Document Type: Article

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