Effects of tourniquet use on clinical outcomes and cement penetration in TKA when tranexamic acid administrated: a randomized controlled trial

Table 3 Bone cement mantle thickness measurement (cm)

Variable	Group A (Tourniquet group) (N = 50)	Group B (Non-tourniquet group) (N = 50)	Group C (Tourniquet in cementation group) (N = 50)	p value*
Zone 1	0.26 ± 0.07	0.28 ± 0.03	0.27 ± 0.04	0.17
Zone 2	0.26 ± 0.04	0.26 ± 0.04	0.26 ± 0.03	0.24
Zone 3	0.33 ± 0.07	0.33 ± 0.06	0.32 ± 0.08	0.84
Zone 4	0.29 ± 0.06	0.30 ± 0.06	0.29 ± 0.05	0.54
Average	0.28 ± 0.06	0.29 ± 0.07	0.29 ± 0.06	0.56

*The p value represents the result of one-way analysis of variance for independent means for continuous variables that
included the three groups
P values with statistical significance are in bold print

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