The effect of tourniquet use in total knee prosthesis

Volume: 35 Number: 5 September 11, 2006
  • Omer Bilgen
  • Yavuz Yilmaz
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The effect of tourniquet use in total knee prosthesis

Abstract

Objectives: The effects of tourniquet use were evaluated with regard to blood loss and rehabilitation in patients undergoing total knee prosthesis (TKP). Methods: Thirty-two consecutive patients with osteoarthritis were prospectively divided into two equal groups for TKP with or without tourniquet. Cemented and posteriorly stabilized total knee prosthesis was used in all patients. The amount of blood obtained in the Hemovac drain was assessed as total blood loss. Patients in whom rehabilitation was initiated on the first postoperative day (straight leg raising and mobilization) and the duration for the knee to reach a flexion of 90 degrees were recorded. Results: The mean amount of blood loss was 1048.7 ml in group I with tourniquet compared with 893.7 ml in group II without tourniquet (p<0.05). The mean durations for the initiation of straight leg raising exercises and mobilization, when adequate analgesia was provided, were 1.93 and 1.25 days in groups I and II, respectively (p<0.05). No significant differences were found in terms of operation time, length of hospitalization, duration for the knee to reach a 90° flexion, and the need for transfusion (p>0.05). Preoperative hemoglobin values of patients with or without transfusion differed significantly (p<0.05). Conclusion: Total knee prosthesis without the use of a tourniquet seems to be more reliable and convenient than that with tourniquet due to less total blood loss, and tourniquet-associated adverse effects such as delayed rehabilitation and increased postoperative morbidity and complications.

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Omer Bilgen This is me

Yavuz Yilmaz This is me

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September 11, 2006

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March 6, 2014

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Year 2001 Volume: 35 Number: 5

APA
Bilgen, O., & Yilmaz, Y. (2006). The effect of tourniquet use in total knee prosthesis. Acta Orthopaedica et Traumatologica Turcica, 35(5), 390-394. https://doi.org/10.3944/aott.v35i5.938
AMA
1.Bilgen O, Yilmaz Y. The effect of tourniquet use in total knee prosthesis. Acta Orthopaedica et Traumatologica Turcica. 2006;35(5):390-394. doi:10.3944/aott.v35i5.938
Chicago
Bilgen, Omer, and Yavuz Yilmaz. 2006. “The Effect of Tourniquet Use in Total Knee Prosthesis”. Acta Orthopaedica et Traumatologica Turcica 35 (5): 390-94. https://doi.org/10.3944/aott.v35i5.938.
EndNote
Bilgen O, Yilmaz Y (September 1, 2006) The effect of tourniquet use in total knee prosthesis. Acta Orthopaedica et Traumatologica Turcica 35 5 390–394.
IEEE
[1]O. Bilgen and Y. Yilmaz, “The effect of tourniquet use in total knee prosthesis”, Acta Orthopaedica et Traumatologica Turcica, vol. 35, no. 5, pp. 390–394, Sept. 2006, doi: 10.3944/aott.v35i5.938.
ISNAD
Bilgen, Omer - Yilmaz, Yavuz. “The Effect of Tourniquet Use in Total Knee Prosthesis”. Acta Orthopaedica et Traumatologica Turcica 35/5 (September 1, 2006): 390-394. https://doi.org/10.3944/aott.v35i5.938.
JAMA
1.Bilgen O, Yilmaz Y. The effect of tourniquet use in total knee prosthesis. Acta Orthopaedica et Traumatologica Turcica. 2006;35:390–394.
MLA
Bilgen, Omer, and Yavuz Yilmaz. “The Effect of Tourniquet Use in Total Knee Prosthesis”. Acta Orthopaedica et Traumatologica Turcica, vol. 35, no. 5, Sept. 2006, pp. 390-4, doi:10.3944/aott.v35i5.938.
Vancouver
1.Omer Bilgen, Yavuz Yilmaz. The effect of tourniquet use in total knee prosthesis. Acta Orthopaedica et Traumatologica Turcica. 2006 Sep. 1;35(5):390-4. doi:10.3944/aott.v35i5.938