The use of pneumatic tourniquets is safe in Asians undergoing total knee arthroplasty without anticoagulation

Knee

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 176-179

  Bin Abd Razak, Hamid Rahmatullah ^a   Tan, Hwee Chye Andrew ^a  

^a SINGAPORE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Total knee arthroplasty; Tourniquet; Venous thromboembolism

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANTICOAGULATION; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT SAFETY; PNEUMATIC TOURNIQUET; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT; TOURNIQUET; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM;

TOTAL KNEE ARTHROPLASTY; TOURNIQUET; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BODY MASS INDEX; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERMITTENT PNEUMATIC COMPRESSION DEVICES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; TOURNIQUETS; VENOUS THROMBOSIS;

EID: 84892481743     PISSN: 09680160     EISSN: 18735800     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.knee.2013.08.008     Document Type: Article

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