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My surgeon used a Tourniquet during my TNR, Man it huts worse the knee
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In addition to the tourniquet your surgeon probably did not tell you he was using a small sawzall to cut the bone or a hammer to pound the implant into place.
Some things are probably best not discussed or conceptualized prior to TKR.
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I would agree IF the use of a tourniquet were just the choice of a tool and the research was either non existent or in favor of the use. Recent research has thrown that conclusion into doubt and some even suggested that it could be counter productive:
https://www.cochrane.org/evidence/CD012874_what-are-benefits-and-risks-using-tourniquet-knee-replacement-surgery
Anecdotally, for what it is worth, my surgeon did not use a tourniquet but used tranexamic acid instead. I had zero post surgical pain.
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@dbduffer he told me about the tourniquet and also about the recovery, my inquiry was about if anyone had any good remedies.. All good..