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Time to reconsider the routine use of tourniquets in total knee arthroplasty surgery: an abridged version of a Cochrane systematic review and meta-analysis
AIMS: Many surgeons choose to perform total knee arthroplasty (TKA) surgery with the aid of a tourniquet. A tourniquet is a device that fits around the leg and restricts blood flow to the limb. There is a need to understand whether tourniquets are safe, and if they benefit, or harm, patients. The ai...
Autores principales: | Ahmed, Imran, Chawla, Amit, Underwood, Martin, Price, Andrew J., Metcalfe, Andrew, Hutchinson, Charles E., Warwick, Jane, Seers, Kate, Parsons, Helen, Wall, Peter D. H. |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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The British Editorial Society of Bone & Joint Surgery
2021
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8091001/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33683139 http://dx.doi.org/10.1302/0301-620X.103B.BJJ-2020-1926.R1 |
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