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Tourniquet use for knee replacement surgery

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Approximately one in two people develop symptomatic knee arthritis before the age of 85 (Murphy 2008). Knee replacement is an effective surgical procedure performed for the relief of pain from… Click to show full abstract

Approximately one in two people develop symptomatic knee arthritis before the age of 85 (Murphy 2008). Knee replacement is an effective surgical procedure performed for the relief of pain from end-stage arthritis (Skou 2016). Knee replacement surgery is routinely undertaken with the aid of a tourniquet around the thigh during the procedure (Gibbs 2016).

Keywords: replacement; knee replacement; tourniquet use; replacement surgery

Journal Title: Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews
Year Published: 2017

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