Efficacy and safety of a new elastic tourniquet cuff in total knee arthroplasty: a prospective randomized controlled study

Abstract Background The effects of cuff shape, timing of tourniquet application, and automated systems using limb occlusion pressure (LOP) have been reported to minimize the appropriate tourniquet pressure. However, studies on the raw material of the cuff itself to reduce the complications related t...

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Main Authors: O-Sung Lee, Myung Chul Lee, Hyuk-Soo Han
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-08-01
Series:BioMedical Engineering OnLine
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12938-017-0393-0