TY - JOUR
T1 - The sterile elastic exsanguination tourniquet vs. the pneumatic tourniquet for total knee arthroplasty
AU - Brin, Yaron S.
AU - Feldman, Viktor
AU - Ron Gal, Itai
AU - Markushevitch, Michael
AU - Regev, Amit
AU - Stern, Abraham
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2014 Elsevier Inc.
PY - 2015/4/1
Y1 - 2015/4/1
N2 - We compared the sterile elastic exsanguination tourniquet and the pneumatic tourniquet for total knee arthroplasty. 145 patients were operated on using a pneumatic tourniquet and 166 with the sterile elastic exsanguination tourniquet. Patients with the sterile elastic exsanguination tourniquet had a smaller decrease in hemoglobin on post-operative days one (P < 0.028) and three (P < 0.045). The amount of blood collected from drains at 24. h was significantly lower in the sterile elastic exsanguination group. A trend towards a higher rate of wound complications within 3. months following the operation was found in the pneumatic tourniquet group. The sterile elastic exsanguination tourniquet works at least as good as the pneumatic one.
AB - We compared the sterile elastic exsanguination tourniquet and the pneumatic tourniquet for total knee arthroplasty. 145 patients were operated on using a pneumatic tourniquet and 166 with the sterile elastic exsanguination tourniquet. Patients with the sterile elastic exsanguination tourniquet had a smaller decrease in hemoglobin on post-operative days one (P < 0.028) and three (P < 0.045). The amount of blood collected from drains at 24. h was significantly lower in the sterile elastic exsanguination group. A trend towards a higher rate of wound complications within 3. months following the operation was found in the pneumatic tourniquet group. The sterile elastic exsanguination tourniquet works at least as good as the pneumatic one.
KW - Blood loss
KW - Hemoglobin reduction
KW - Pneumatic tourniquet
KW - Sterile elastic tourniquet
KW - Total knee arthroplasty
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U2 - 10.1016/j.arth.2014.11.022
DO - 10.1016/j.arth.2014.11.022
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C2 - 25496927
AN - SCOPUS:84928361643
SN - 0883-5403
VL - 30
SP - 595
EP - 599
JO - Journal of Arthroplasty
JF - Journal of Arthroplasty
IS - 4
ER -