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o<strong>the</strong>r than SCD /AVN, e.g. primary OA, rheumatoid arthritis, post traumatic OA, <strong>the</strong> WOMACpain score improvement was less.Saturday, October 9, 2010, 10:30-11:05Session B18: Pot Pourri!A Rrandomized Prospective Study Comparing <strong>the</strong> Quality <strong>of</strong> SurgicalFields Resulting From Automatically Determined Tourniquet Cuff PressureVersus Surgeon Chosen Tourniquet Cuff Pressure*Mojieb Manzary - Dhahran Health Center - Dhahran, Saudi ArabiaAlastair Younger - University <strong>of</strong> British Columbia - Vancouber, Canada*Email: mojieb@gmail.comIn this study patients were randomized between surgeon chosen pressure (control) and anautomatically determined tourniquet pressure(study group). Of 112 patients in <strong>the</strong> study group,5% failed to obtain an automatic pressure. Of <strong>the</strong> remainder, <strong>the</strong> average tourniquet pressurewas 198 +/- 20.2 mm Hg compared to 259.6 +/- 4.4 mmHg for <strong>the</strong> control group (p

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