Summary The PROSPECT Working Group, a collaboration of anaesthetists and surgeons,
conducts systematic reviews of postoperative pain management for different surgical …

Purpose Studies have shown that tranexamic acid (TXA) reduces blood loss and transfusion
need in patients undergoing total knee arthroplasty (TKA). However, no single study has …

Background: Some surgeons release the tourniquet before closing the wound to secure
hemostasis during knee arthroplasty. We examined whether early tourniquet release could …

We conducted a prospective, randomised study on primary total knee replacements to
evaluate the effects of tourniquet use on total calculated blood loss using Gross formula …

Background Pneumatic tourniquet use in total knee arthroplasty (TKA) is always a
controversial issue. The aim of the present study is to assess the effectiveness and safety of …

Purpose The purpose of the study was whether the use of a tourniquet increases cement
mantle thickness in primary total knee arthroplasty and influences the calculated blood loss …

Does Tourniquet Use in TKA Increase Postoperative Pain? A Sy... : Clinical Orthopaedics and
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Purpose Although a tourniquet can effectively control intraoperative blood loss and offer
clear surgical field in total knee arthroplasty (TKA), its optimal usage has been controversial …

The purpose of this study is to examine our hypothesis that releasing tourniquet
intraoperatively before wound closure is better than releasing postoperatively after wound …

Introduction It is still controversial on the optimal timing of tourniquet used in total knee
arthroplasty (TKA). Most previous studies focused on the comparison of different tourniquet …