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Tourniquet Time in Cementless Total Knee Arthroplasty
November 2021
Tourniquet Time in Cementless Total Knee Arthroplasty
Study Type:Therapy
OE Level Evidence:1
Journal Level of Evidence:1
Effect of Tourniquet Use on Patient Outcomes After Cementless Total Knee Arthroplasty: A Randomized Controlled Trial.
J Arthroplasty . 2021 Jul;36(7):2331-2334.Did you know you're eligible to earn 0.5 CME credits for reading this report? Click Here
Synopsis
One hundred patients undergoing cementless total knee arthroplasty were randomized to a short tourniquet time (<10 minutes, n=50) or a long tourniquet time (duration of case, n=50). Outcomes of interest were postoperative pain scores measured with the visual analogue scale (VAS), opioid consumption, length of stay, blood loss and functional outcome scores. The short tourniquet group had significan...
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