Do thigh touraiquets contribute to the formation of intra-operative venous emboli?

Acta Orthopaedica Belgica

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 253-259

  Jarrett, Paul M ^a,c   Ritchie, Ian K ^a   Albadran, Leith ^a   Glen, Stephen K ^a   Bridges, Allan B ^a   Ely, Margaret ^a,b  

^a Stirling Royal Infirmary   (United Kingdom)

^b ANGLIA RUSKIN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTHROSCOPIC SURGERY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; EMBOLISM; FEMALE; HUMAN; KNEE ARTHROSCOPY; LUNG EMBOLISM; MALE; MENISCECTOMY; OPERATION DURATION; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; THIGH; TOURNIQUET; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTHROSCOPY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; KNEE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; VEIN THROMBOSIS;

ARTHROSCOPY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; EMBOLISM; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; KNEE JOINT; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THIGH; TOURNIQUETS; VENOUS THROMBOSIS;

EID: 3042718048     PISSN: 00016462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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