Tourniquet application only during cement fixation in total knee arthroplasty: A double-blind, randomized controlled trial

ANZ Journal of Surgery

Volumn 82, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 428-433

  Mittal, Rajat ^a,b   Ko, Victoria ^a,c   Adie, Sam ^a,b   Naylor, Justine ^a,b,c   Dave, Jaykar ^a,c   Dave, Chandrakant ^a,c   Harris, Ian A ^a,b,c   Hackett, Danella ^c   Ngo, David ^c   Dietsch, Susan ^c  

^a LIVERPOOL HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c Fairfield Hospital Prairiewood   (Australia)

Author keywords

Arthroplasty; Cement; Knee; Randomized controlled trial; Tourniquet

Indexed keywords

BONE CEMENT;

AGED; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; EARLY TERMINATION OF CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEMOSTASIS; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; KNEE ARTHROPLASTY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STATISTICS; TIME; TOURNIQUET; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; BLOOD LOSS, SURGICAL; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BONE CEMENTS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; EARLY TERMINATION OF CLINICAL TRIALS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEMOSTASIS, SURGICAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; TIME FACTORS; TOURNIQUETS;

EID: 84861913650     PISSN: 14451433     EISSN: 14452197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1445-2197.2012.06083.x     Document Type: Article

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