Limiting tourniquet use during total knee arthroplasty improves short-term postoperative outcomes in patients with hypertension
Tourniquet application before prosthesis placement and release after wound closure or bone cement solidification were associated with better short-term outcomes, reduced complications, and improved rehabilitation compared to tourniquet use during the entire procedure in patients with hypertension undergoing TKA.
Authors
- Taiping He (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6213-0837)
- Yan Ning
- Cheng Yang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4367-7962)
- Lei Zhang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1397-4133)
Institutions
- Qilu Hospital of Shandong University (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Frontiers in Surgery
- Published
- 2025-02-18
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3389/fsurg.2025.1535662
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Blood transfusion and management
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.77
Funders
- Shandong University