Lower tourniquet cuff pressure reduces postoperative wound complications after total knee arthroplasty: A randomized controlled study of 164 patients

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery

Volumn 94, Issue 24, 2012, Pages 2216-2221

  Olivecrona, Charlotta ^a   Ponzer, Sari ^a   Hamberg, Per ^a   Blomfeldt, Richard ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLISTER; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; KNEE FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MUSCLE; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RANGE OF MOTION; SURGICAL INFECTION; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT; TOURNIQUET; TOURNIQUET CUFF PRESSURE;

EID: 84871475504     PISSN: 00219355     EISSN: 15351386     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2106/JBJS.K.01492     Document Type: Article

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