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Orthopaedic Proceedings
Vol. 99-B, Issue SUPP_9 | Pages 12 - 12
1 May 2017
Gibbs V Wall P Sprowson A Hutchinson C Ngandwe E Price A
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Background

Traditionally, a Surgical Tourniquet (ST) is used during Total Knee Replacement Surgery (TKRS) to prevent blood flow to the leg and improve the surgical field of view. The use of a ST is known to increase the risk of venous thromboembolism. Echogenic material, suggestive of emboli has been observed in the brain following ST deflation in TKRS despite the absence of a patent foramen ovale, likely through pulmonary shunts. The aim of this study was to assess whether cerebral emboli result from tourniquet use in TKRS and the sequelae of any emboli.

Methods

11 subjects from a single centre undergoing routine TKRS with a ST gave informed consent. Each participant had diffusion weighted MR brain imaging prior to, and within 48 hours after TKRS and completed pre and post-operative mini-mental state examinations (MMSE).