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Influence of tourniquet use in primary total knee arthroplasty with drainage: a prospective randomised controlled trial

BACKGROUND: We aimed to compare the effect of tourniquet use or lack of it on recovery following uncomplicated primary total knee arthroplasty (TKA). METHODS: In a prospective randomised double-blinded study, 150 patients undergoing primary TKA were assigned to either a tourniquet or non-tourniquet...

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Autores principales: Zhou, Kai, Ling, Tingxian, Wang, Haoyang, Zhou, Zongke, Shen, Bin, Yang, Jing, Kang, Pengde, Pei, Fuxing
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5686948/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29137681
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13018-017-0683-z