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Table 2 Perioperative blood loss and allogeneic blood transfusion

From: Influence of tourniquet use in primary total knee arthroplasty with drainage: a prospective randomised controlled trial

 

Non-tourniquet

Tourniquet

P value

Operating time (min)

82.0 ± 12.7

77.2 ± 14.5

0.038

Total blood loss (ml)

389.2 ± 178.3

374.5 ± 165.3

0.613

Intraoperative blood loss (ml)

215.7 ± 113.7

138.6 ± 93.9

< 0.001

Postoperative blood loss (ml)

180.2 ± 117.0

253.7 ± 144.2

0.001

Drainage volume (ml)

89.2 ± 66.3

164.5 ± 97.8

0.004

Blood transfusion (num./%)

3 (4.4%)

8 (11.1%)

0.141

  1. Data are shown as mean ± standard deviation or numbers (%)