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Tourniquet cuff pressure and nerve injury in knee arthroplasty in a bloodless field: A neurophysiological study

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Tourniquet-related nerve injuries remain a concern in orthopedic surgery. The cuff pressures used today are generally lower, and therefore a decreasing incidence of peripheral nerve injuries might also be expected. However, there have been few neurophysiological studies descr...

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Autores principales: Olivecrona, Charlotta, Blomfeldt, Richard, Ponzer, Sari, Stanford, Benjamin Ribalta, Nilsson, Bengt Y
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Informa Healthcare 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3639336/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23485070
http://dx.doi.org/10.3109/17453674.2013.782525