After completion of surgery, the patient’s knee was immobilized in a Jones compressive bandage and a knee immobilizer immediately postoperatively. Postoperative care Careful monitoring of the vital signs, urine volume, drains, and distal circulation. A thin pillow was applied below the ankle to ...
The use of compression bandaging after total knee arthroplasty (TKA) was first introduced in the 1980s with the ‘Robert Jones’ bandage, and results for this device - that loses compression capacity over time - has again been mixed in terms of effects on pain and swelling Gibbons et al. ...