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Tourniquet use in total knee arthroplasty: a meta-analysis

PURPOSE: The use of an intraoperative tourniquet for total knee arthroplasty (TKA) is a common practice. However, the effectiveness and safety are still questionable. A systematic review was conducted to examine that whether using a tourniquet in TKA was effective without increasing the risk of comp...

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Autores principales: Tai, Ta-Wei, Lin, Chii-Jeng, Jou, I-Ming, Chang, Chih-Wei, Lai, Kuo-An, Yang, Chyun-Yu
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer-Verlag 2010
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3116117/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21161177
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00167-010-1342-7