The influence of tourniquet use and operative time on the incidence of deep vein thrombosis in total knee arthroplasty

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the association between tourniquet and total operative time during total knee arthroplasty and the occurrence of deep vein thrombosis. METHODS: Seventy-eight consecutive patients from our institution underwent cemented total knee arthroplasty for degenerative knee disorders. T...

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Autores: Hernandez, Arnaldo José, Almeida, Adriano Marques de, Fávaro, Edmar, Sguizzato, Guilherme Turola
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2012
País:Brasil
Institución:Universidade de São Paulo (USP)
Repositorio:Clinics
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:revistas.usp.br:article/45871
Acceso en línea:https://www.revistas.usp.br/clinics/article/view/45871
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Deep Vein Thrombosis
Prophylaxis
Thromboembolism
Tourniquet
Knee Prosthesis
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Sumario:OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the association between tourniquet and total operative time during total knee arthroplasty and the occurrence of deep vein thrombosis. METHODS: Seventy-eight consecutive patients from our institution underwent cemented total knee arthroplasty for degenerative knee disorders. The pneumatic tourniquet time and total operative time were recorded in minutes. Four categories were established for total tourniquet time: