The role of timing of tourniquet release and cementing on perioperative blood loss in total knee replacement

Knee

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 313-317

  Christodoulou, Anastasios G ^a   Ploumis, Avraam L ^a   Terzidis, Ioannis P ^a   Chantzidis, Paraskevas ^a   Metsovitis, Stergios R ^a   Nikiforos, Dionisios G ^a  

^a Aristotle University of Thessaloniki   (Greece)

Author keywords

Blood loss; Cementing; Total knee replacement; Tourniquet

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BANDAGE; BLEEDING; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CEMENTATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPRESSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; FEMALE; HEMATOMA; HEMOSTASIS; HUMAN; KNEE PROSTHESIS; MALE; OPERATION DURATION; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; POSTOPERATIVE THROMBOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TIBIA SHAFT; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT; TOURNIQUET; WOUND CLOSURE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; BANDAGES; BLOOD LOSS, SURGICAL; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CEMENTATION; FEMALE; HEMATOMA; HEMOSTASIS, SURGICAL; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SKIN; SURGICAL WOUND DEHISCENCE; SUTURES; TIME FACTORS; TOURNIQUETS; VENOUS THROMBOSIS;

EID: 3142583428     PISSN: 09680160     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.knee.2003.09.005     Document Type: Article

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