Skip to main content
Journal of Orthopaedics and Traumatology

Official Journal of the Italian Society of Orthopaedics and Traumatology

Table 2 Comparison of blood loss, intraoperative systolic pressure, operating time, and postoperative ROM between the two groups

From: Tourniquets can further reduce perioperative blood loss in patients on dexamethasone and tranexamic acid during cemented total knee arthritis: a single-center, double-blind, randomized controlled trial

Outcome

No tourniquet (n = 70)

Tourniquet (n = 71)

P*

Intraoperative systolic pressure, mmHg

110.3 ± 9.0

118.2 ± 10.7

 < 0.001*

IBL, mL

90.4 ± 22.0

26.8 ± 13.9

 < 0.001*

TBL, mL

706.4 ± 336.1

573.0 ± 228.4

0.007*

HBL, mL

616.0 ± 339.6

546.2 ± 228.0

0.155

Duration of surgery, min

77.3 ± 15.5

65.2 ± 10.7

 < 0.001*

Postoperative ROM**, degrees

108.0 ± 8.3

110.0 ± 7.4

0.137

  1. Data are shown as mean ± SD unless otherwise noted
  2. * Based on Levene’s test
  3. ** On postoperative day 3
Back to article page