Tourniquet Release Prior to Dressing Application Reduces Blistering Following Total Knee Arthroplasty

Journal of Arthroplasty

Volumn 30, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 1207-1210

  Heller, Snir ^a   Chen, Antonia ^a   Restrepo, Camilo ^a   Albert, Emily ^a   Hozack, William J ^a  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Blisters; Blood loss; Complications; Knee arthroplasty; Tourniquet

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BLISTER; CELLULITIS; COMPRESSION BANDAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEBRIDEMENT; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INCISION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REPERFUSION; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT; TOURNIQUET; WOUND CLOSURE; WOUND DRESSING; ADVERSE EFFECTS; BANDAGE; CLINICAL TRIAL; KNEE ARTHROPLASTY; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROCEDURES; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; BANDAGES; BLISTER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOURNIQUETS;

EID: 84931569685     PISSN: 08835403     EISSN: 15328406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.arth.2015.02.035     Document Type: Article

References (17)

1. Pulido L., Parvizi J., Macgibeny M., et al. In hospital complications after total joint arthroplasty. J Arthroplasty 2008, 23:139.
2. Waimann C.A., Fernandez-Mazarambroz R.J., Cantor S.B., et al. Cost-effectiveness of total knee replacement: a prospective cohort study. Arthritis Care Res 2014, 66:592.
3. Tustanowski J. Effect of dressing choice on outcomes after hip and knee arthroplasty: a literature review. J Wound Care 2009, 18:449. [452, 454, passim].
4. Ousey K., Gillibrand W., Stephenson J. Achieving international consensus for the prevention of orthopaedic wound blistering: results of a Delphi survey. Int Wound J 2013, 10:177.
5. Giordano C.P., Koval K.J., Zuckerman J.D., et al. Fracture blisters. Clin Orthop 1994, 214.
6. Varela C.D., Vaughan T.K., Carr J.B., et al. Fracture blisters: clinical and pathological aspects. J Orthop Trauma 1993, 7:417.
7. Strauss E.J., Petrucelli G., Bong M., et al. Blisters associated with lower-extremity fracture: results of a prospective treatment protocol. J Orthop Trauma 2006, 20:618.
8. Tai T.-W., Chang C.-W., Lai K.-A., et al. Effects of tourniquet use on blood loss and soft-tissue damage in total knee arthroplasty: a randomized controlled trial. J Bone Joint Surg Am 2012, 94:2209.
9. Li B., Wen Y., Wu H., et al. The effect of tourniquet use on hidden blood loss in total knee arthroplasty. Int Orthop 2009, 33:1263.
10. Silver R., de la Garza J., Rang M., et al. Limb swelling after release of a tourniquet. Clin Orthop 1986, 86.
11. Parvizi J., Gehrke T. International Consensus Group on Periprosthetic Joint Infection. Definition of periprosthetic joint infection. J Arthroplasty 2014, 29:1331.
12. Rosencher N., Kerkkamp H.E.M., Macheras G., et al. Orthopedic Surgery Transfusion Hemoglobin European Overview (OSTHEO) study: blood management in elective knee and hip arthroplasty in Europe. Transfusion (Paris) 2003, 43:459.
13. Rama K.R.B.S., Apsingi S., Poovali S., et al. Timing of tourniquet release in knee arthroplasty. Meta-analysis of randomized, controlled trials. J Bone Joint Surg Am 2007, 89:699.
14. Comaish J.S. Epidermal fatigue as a cause of friction blisters. Lancet 1973, 1:81.
15. Koval K.J., Egol K.A., Polatsch D.B., et al. Tape blisters following hip surgery. A prospective, randomized study of two types of tape. J Bone Joint Surg Am 2003, 85-A:1884.
16. Wong J., Abrishami A., El Beheiry H., et al. Topical application of tranexamic acid reduces postoperative blood loss in total knee arthroplasty: a randomized, controlled trial. J Bone Joint Surg Am 2010, 92:2503.
17. Park J.H., Rasouli M.R., Mortazavi S.M.J., et al. Predictors of perioperative blood loss in total joint arthroplasty. J Bone Joint Surg Am 2013, 95:1777.