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Abstract

Despite suggestions that tourniquet inflation during total knee replacement reduces bleeding and hence improves cement penetration, no studies exist supporting this widely held belief. In this single-blinded, single-surgeon, randomized controlled trial, the tourniquet inflation during cementation group (n = 20) did not have greater tibial cement penetration compared to a no tourniquet group (n = 20). No statistically significant differences in semiautomatic digitally measured average and central radiographic tibial plateau penetration values were observed between the two groups (p = 0.93; p = 0.84). Tourniquet inflation during cementation does not appear to improve tibial cementation penetration.

Item Type:	Article
Authors/Creators:	Vertullo, CJ and Manickaraj, N
Keywords:	TKR, cement penetration, tourniquet, penetration, total knee arthroplasty, total knee replacement
Journal or Publication Title:	Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery
Publisher:	Sage Publications
ISSN:	2309-4990
DOI / ID Number:	https://doi.org/10.1177/2309499016684323
Copyright Information:	Copyright 2017 Sage
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