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A small difference in recovery between total knee arthroplasty with and without tourniquet use the first 3 months after surgery: a randomized controlled study

PURPOSE: When a tourniquet is used during surgery on the extremities, the pressure applied to the muscles, nerves and blood vessels can cause neuromuscular damage that contributes to postoperative weakness. The hypothesis was that the rehabilitation-related results would be improved if total knee ar...

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Autores principales: Alexandersson, Maria, Wang, Eugen Yuhui, Eriksson, Staffan
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6435610/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30328495
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00167-018-5196-8