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- Title
Do patients benefit from tourniquet in arthroscopic surgeries of the knee?
- Authors
Zhang, Yang; Li, Le; Wang, Jian; Li, Zhi-han; Shi, Zhan-jun
- Abstract
Purpose: To undertake a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials to determine whether routine use of a tourniquet is a better choice for knee arthroscopic procedures. Methods: Randomized controlled trials which evaluated the application of a tourniquet were selected, gathering information about arthroscopic visualization and operative time. The random-effects meta-analysis was performed using relative risk calculated from the raw data. Results: A total of five eligible studies were selected in this meta-analysis with 471 participants. There was no significant difference in visualization or operative time between the tourniquet and the non-tourniquet group. Conclusions: There is insufficient evidence to support the hypothesis that patients would benefit from routinely applying a tourniquet. The use of a tourniquet did not show any advantage to arthroscopic procedures. Level of evidence: Therapeutic randomized controlled trials, Level I.
- Subjects
KNEE surgery; TOURNIQUETS; ARTHROSCOPY; EXAMINATION of joints; CLINICAL trials
- Publication
Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy, 2013, Vol 21, Issue 5, p1125
- ISSN
0942-2056
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s00167-012-2094-3