Tourniquet use in total knee replacement does not improve fixation, but appears to reduce final range of motion

Acta Orthopaedica

Volumn 83, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 499-503

  Ledin, Håkan ^a   Aspenberg, Per ^b   Good, Lars ^c  

^a Aleris Specialist Care ^*  (Sweden)

^b LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c Oskarshamn Hospital   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOXACILLIN; GENTAMICIN; HEMOGLOBIN; MORPHINE; PALACOS; TINZAPARIN;

ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CEMENTATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DILUTION; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; KNEE PAIN; MALE; OPERATION DURATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREDICTION; PROSTHESIS FIXATION; RADIOSTEREOMETRIC ANALYSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RANGE OF MOTION; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT; TOURNIQUET; TREATMENT DURATION; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; BONE CEMENTS; HUMANS; KNEE PROSTHESIS; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; RADIOSTEREOMETRIC ANALYSIS; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; TOURNIQUETS;

EID: 84867872069     PISSN: 17453674     EISSN: 17453682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/17453674.2012.727078     Document Type: Article

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