Infographic: Time to reconsider the routine use of tourniquets in total knee arthroplasty surgery

Bone Joint J. 2021 May;103-B(5):828-829. doi: 10.1302/0301-620X.103B5.BJJ-2021-0545.

Authors

Imran Ahmed^{1

2}, Amit Chawla³, Martin Underwood¹, Andrew J Price⁴, Andrew Metcalfe^{1

2}, Charles E Hutchinson⁵, Jane Warwick¹, Kate Seers⁵, Helen Parsons¹, Peter D H Wall^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Warwick Clinical Trials Unit, University of Warwick, Coventry, UK.
² Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgery, University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust, Coventry, UK.
³ St Georges Hospital, London, UK.
⁴ Nuffield Deparment of Orthopaedics, Musculoskeletal Sciences and Rheumatology, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
⁵ Warwick Medical School, University of Warwick, Coventry, UK.

PMID: 33934643
DOI: 10.1302/0301-620X.103B5.BJJ-2021-0545

No abstract available

Keywords: Infographic.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Arthroplasty, Replacement, Knee / methods*
Blood Loss, Surgical / prevention & control*
Data Visualization
Humans
Tourniquets / statistics & numerical data*