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Effects of Tourniquet Use on Quadriceps Function and Pain in Total Knee Arthroplasty

PURPOSE: A pneumatic tourniquet is commonly used in total knee arthroplasty (TKA) to improve surgical field visualisation but may result in quadriceps muscle ischaemia. We performed this study to analyse the effect of the tourniquet on recovery following TKA. MATERIALS AND METHODS: A prospective ran...

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Autores principales: Liu, David, Graham, David, Gillies, Kim, Gillies, R. Mark
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Korean Knee Society 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4258487/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25505702
http://dx.doi.org/10.5792/ksrr.2014.26.4.207

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