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Table 3 Clinical outcomes and complication comparison

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

Parameters

Non-tourniquet

Tourniquet

P value

Length of stay

6.3 ± 1.7

7.1 ± 1.9

0.001

Straight-leg raising (num./%)

4.6 ± 3.8

6.4 ± 4.3

0.01

HSS score

   

 Discharge

66.6 ± 8.1

65.4 ± 7.4

0.359

 3 months post-op

82.5 ± 4.5

81.6 ± 4.4

0.231

 6 months post-op

89.8 ± 4.9

90.7 ± 4.5

0.257

Erythema/ecchymosis (num./%)

9 (13.2%)

15 (20.8%)

0.233

Tension vesicle (num./%)

7 (10.3%)

21(29.2%)

0.005

Superficial infection (num./%)

3 (4.3%)

5 (6.9%)

0.763

DVT (num./%)

0

2

0.497

  1. Data are shown as mean ± standard deviation or numbers (%)
  2. DVT deep vein thrombosis