4.6. Complications
orthostatic hypotension, metabolic disturbance, skin bruising
PULMONARY EMBOLISM, POSTOPERATIVE VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM, METABOLIC DISTURBANCE, ORTHOSTATIC HYPOTENSION, COMPLICATIONS
All the complications observed during hospitalization and subsequent follow-up at the end of the 2nd and 8th postoperative weeks were evaluated by the surgeon. No patients in either group exhibited postoperative venous thromboembolism, pulmonary embolism, neurovascular injury, or wound complications such as skin bruising clinically or metabolic disturbance due to the body’s fluid balance regulated through fluid intake and excretion and with blood tests. Five patients from the tourniquet group and four patients from the non-tourniquet group developed transient orthostatic hypotension on the 1st postoperative day while starting to walk.