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Knee

Tourniquet cuff pressure and nerve injury in knee arthroplasty in a bloodless field

A neurophysiological study

Charlotta OlivecronaOrthopedics Section, Department of Clinical Science and Education, SödersjukhusetCorrespondence[email protected]
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Richard BlomfeldtOrthopedics Section, Department of Clinical Science and Education, Södersjukhuset
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Sari PonzerOrthopedics Section, Department of Clinical Science and Education, Södersjukhuset
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Benjamin Ribalta StanfordClinical Neurophysiology Section, Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.
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Bengt Y NilssonClinical Neurophysiology Section, Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.
Pages 159-164 | Received 25 Apr 2012, Accepted 28 Dec 2012, Published online: 14 Mar 2013

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