Effect of tourniquet use on the risk of revision in total knee replacement surgery: an analysis of the National Joint Registry Data Set.

Muhamed M Farhan-AlanieYujin LeeMartin UnderwoodAndrew J Metcalfe Jeremy Mark WilkinsonAndrew James PriceJane WarwickPeter David Henry Wall

Published in: BMJ open (2021)

We did not find evidence that using a tourniquet for primary cemented TKR offers a clinically important or statistically significant reduction in the risk of all-cause revision up to 13 years after surgery. Surgeons should consider this evidence when deciding whether to use a tourniquet for cemented TKR.

Keyphrases

total knee arthroplasty
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electronic health record
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machine learning
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