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Tourniquet offers no benefit in intraoperative performance for ACL reconstruction

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January 2017

Tourniquet offers no benefit in intraoperative performance for ACL reconstruction

Vol: 6| Issue: 1| Number:12| ISSN#: 2564-2537
Study Type:Therapy
OE Level Evidence:2
Journal Level of Evidence:1

Anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction; is a tourniquet necessary? A randomized controlled trial

Knee Surg Sports Traumatol Arthrosc. 2016 Sep;24(9):2948-52

Contributing Authors:
W Reda AM ElGuindy G Zahry MS Faggal MA Karim

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84 patients undergoing arthroscopic ACL reconstruction were included in this trial to evaluate the effect of tourniquets in ACL reconstruction. Patients were randomized to undergo the procedure without a tourniquet or with a tourniquet inflated to 350mmHg. The outcomes of interest included operative time, arthroscopic visibility during the procedure, pain, hemarthrosis, thigh circumference, and mu...

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