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7 questions · 7 findings · 1 reviews · Musculoskeletal

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No studies found 1 · 14.3%GRADE not reported 0 · 0%Very low 1 · 14.3%Low 2 · 28.6%Moderate 3 · 42.9%High 0 · 0%

Knee replacement with tourniquet vs knee replacement without tourniquet

Pain on movement at 24 hours Visual analogue scale Scale from zero to 10

1 finding from 1 review

Tourniquet use for knee replacement surgery 2020 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
no estimate extracted
8 studies · 577 participants
Moderate

Knee replacement with tourniquet vs knee replacement without tourniquet

Functional outcomes

1 finding from 1 review

Tourniquet use for knee replacement surgery 2020 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
no estimate extracted
5 studies · 611 participants
Moderate

Knee replacement with tourniquet vs knee replacement without tourniquet

Global assessment of treatment success

Knee replacement with tourniquet showed no clear difference in global assessment of success Participants reporting overall… compared with knee replacement without tourniquet (low certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Tourniquet use for knee replacement surgery 2020 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
RR 1 [0.91, 1.1]
1 study · 100 participants
Low

Knee replacement with tourniquet vs knee replacement without tourniquet

Health‐related quality of life (mental)

1 finding from 1 review

Tourniquet use for knee replacement surgery 2020 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
no estimate extracted
1 study · 199 participants
Low

Knee replacement with tourniquet vs knee replacement without tourniquet

Serious adverse events

Knee replacement with tourniquet probably leads to higher serious adverse events compared with knee replacement without tourniquet (moderate certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Tourniquet use for knee replacement surgery 2020 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
RR 1.73 [1.1, 2.73]
21 studies · 1799 participants
Moderate

Knee replacement with tourniquet vs knee replacement without tourniquet

Cognitive function

The review found no eligible studies for this question.

1 finding from 1 review

Tourniquet use for knee replacement surgery 2020 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
no estimate extracted
Studies not reported
No studies found

Knee replacement with tourniquet vs knee replacement without tourniquet

Survival of the implant Risk of revision At 1 year

It is very uncertain whether knee replacement with tourniquet changes survival of the implant Risk of revision At 1 year compared with knee replacement without tourniquet (very low certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Tourniquet use for knee replacement surgery 2020 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
RR 1.44 [0.23, 8.92]
3 studies · 214 participants
Very low