Patients with uncompensated cardiac or pulmonary disorders who had used anti-platelet aggregation or anticoagulant medications during the week prior to the procedures, and patients scheduled for additional non-arthroscopic, bilateral procedures, or complex ligament reconstructions were excluded.
Fueron excluidos aquellos sujetos con patologías cardiacas o pulmonares no compensadas, quienes hubiesen consumido antiplaquetarios o anticoagulantes durante la última semana previa al procedimiento y pacientes programados para procedimientos adicionales no artroscópicos, bilaterales o reconstrucciones ligamentarias complejas.