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The efficacy of tourniquet assisted total knee arthroplasty on patient-reported and performance-based physical function: a randomized controlled trial protocol

BACKGROUND: Surgical treatment of osteoarthritis with total knee arthroplasty (TKA) usually takes place in a complete bloodless field using a tourniquet. However, doing the surgery without a tourniquet may reduce muscle damage, post-surgery pain and led to improved functional rehabilitation and mobi...

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Autores principales: Lohmann-Jensen, Rasmus, Holsgaard-Larsen, Anders, Emmeluth, Claus, Overgaard, Søren, Jensen, Carsten
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3978123/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24678741
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2474-15-110