Skin protection underneath the pneumatic tourniquet during total knee arthroplasty: A randomized controlled trial of 92 patients

Acta Orthopaedica

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 519-523

  Olivecrona, Charlotta ^a   Tidermark, Jan ^a   Hamberg, Per ^a   Ponzer, Sari ^a   Cederfjäll, Claes ^b  

^a STOCKHOLM SÖDER HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLISTER; CAST APPLICATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT SAFETY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SKIN INJURY; SKIN PROTECTION; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT; TOURNIQUET;

ADULT; AGED; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; ARTHROSCOPY; BANDAGES; BLISTER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RISK FACTORS; SKIN; TOURNIQUETS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33745525206     PISSN: 17453674     EISSN: 17453682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17453670610012539     Document Type: Article

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