Tourniquets in ACL Reconstruction: Tool or Just a Pain?

August 12, 2025 1 min read Premium comments

Tourniquet being applied to an arm on a training dummy / Source: Wikimedia Commons and Fred W. Baker III

StudiesPremiumAnterior cruciate ligament reconstructionACL surgeryarthroscopic knee surgerypostoperative paintourniquet use

A new systematic review and meta-analysis in The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery (July 29, 2025) is asking a question that could make you rethink tourniquet use: Does a tourniquet actually make a difference…other than making your patient’s leg hurt more afterward?

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