Open AccessDoes Limb Preconditioning Reduce Pain After Total Knee Arthroplasty? A Randomized, Double-blind Study
Author(s) -
Stavros G. Memtsoudis,
Ottokar Stundner,
Daniel Yoo,
Alejandro González Della Valle,
Friedrich Boettner,
Anna Maria Bombardieri,
Kethy M. Jules-Elysée,
Lazaros Poultsides,
Yan Ma,
Thomas P. Sculco
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
clinical orthopaedics and related research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.178
H-Index - 204
eISSN - 1528-1132
pISSN - 0009-921X
DOI - 10.1007/s11999-013-3106-4
Subject(s) - medicine , anesthesia , tourniquet , randomized controlled trial , analgesic , surgery , confidence interval
Total knee arthroplasty (TKA) can be associated with considerable postoperative pain. Ischemic preconditioning of tissue before inducing procedure-related underperfusion may reduce the postoperative inflammatory response, which further may reduce associated pain.
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