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- Title
Tourniquet use in total knee replacement does not improve fixation, but appears to reduce final range of motion.
- Authors
Ledin, Håkan; Aspenberg, Per; Good, Lars
- Abstract
Although a tourniquet may reduce bleeding during total knee replacement (TKA), and thereby possibly improve fixation, it might also cause complications. Migration as measured by radiostereometric analysis (RSA) can predict future loosening. We investigated whether the use of a tourniquet influences prosthesis fixation measured with RSA. This has not been investigated previously to our knowledge.
- Publication
Acta orthopaedica, 2012, Vol 83, Issue 5, p499
- ISSN
1745-3682
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.3109/17453674.2012.727078