Association of Use of Tourniquets During Total Knee Arthroplasty in the Elderly Patients With Post-operative Pain and Return to Function

• Main Authors: Jian Zhao (Author), Xin Dong (Author), Ziru Zhang (Author), Quanyou Gao (Author), Yunfei Zhang (Author), Junlei Song (Author), Shun Niu (Author), Tian Li (Author), Jiying Chen (Author), Fei-Long Wei (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A., 2022-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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ObjectiveDuring total knee arthroplasty (TKA), tourniquet may negatively impact post-operative functional recovery. This study aimed at investigating the effects of tourniquet on pain and return to function.MethodsPubmed, Embase, and Cochrane Library were comprehensively searched for randomized cont...