The Journal of Arthroplasty
Volume 23, Issue 7 , Pages 1050-1056 , October 2008

A New Tourniquet System that Determines Pressures in Synchrony With Systolic Blood Pressure in Total Knee Arthroplasty

  • Yoshinori Ishii, MD

      Affiliations

    • Ishii Orthopaedic and Rehabilitation Clinic, Gyoda, Saitama, Japan
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Yoshinori Ishii, MD, Ishii Orthopaedic and Rehabilitation Clinic, 1089 Shimo-Oshi, Gyoda, Saitama 361-0037, Japan.
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  • Hideo Noguchi, MD

      Affiliations

    • Ishii Orthopaedic and Rehabilitation Clinic, Gyoda, Saitama, Japan
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  • Yoshikazu Matsuda, MD

      Affiliations

    • Ishii Orthopaedic and Rehabilitation Clinic, Gyoda, Saitama, Japan
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  • Mitsuhiro Takeda, MD

      Affiliations

    • Ishii Orthopaedic and Rehabilitation Clinic, Gyoda, Saitama, Japan
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  • To-ichi Higashihara, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Ishii Orthopaedic and Rehabilitation Clinic, Gyoda, Saitama, Japan
    • Mizuho-Ika CC, Tokyo, Japan

Received 22 April 2007 ,Accepted 15 August 2007.

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 No benefits or funds were received in support of this study.

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doi: 10.1016/j.arth.2007.08.012

The Journal of Arthroplasty
Volume 23, Issue 7 , Pages 1050-1056 , October 2008

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