Tourniquet use in total knee arthroplast
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Ta-Wei Tai; Chii-Jeng Lin; I-Ming Jou; Chih-Wei Chang; Kuo-An Lai; Chyun-Yu Yang
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Article
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2010
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Springer-Verlag
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English
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## Purpose The use of an intraoperative tourniquet for total knee arthroplasty (TKA) is a common practice. However, the effectiveness and safety are still questionable. A systematic review was conducted to examine that whether using a tourniquet in TKA was effective without increasing the risk of c