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Orthopaedic Proceedings
Vol. 98-B, Issue SUPP_10 | Pages 42 - 42
1 May 2016
Singh S Yadav C Kumar A Kumar N
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Introduction

To reduce several disadvantages many surgeons are not using tourniquet in TKA. Here we compared functional outcome along with pain and blood loss in sixty patients.

Material and Method

60 patients who underwent TKA wererandomized into a tourniquet group (n2 = 30) and a non-tourniquet group (n1 = 30). All operations were performed by the samesurgeon and follow-up was for 6 month. Primary outcomes werefunctional and clinical outcomes, as evaluated by KSS and postoperative pain. Secondary outcomes were blood loss, surgical time and visibility, extensor lag and Knee ROM, DVT and radiolucency.