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Tourniquet time in total knee arthroplasty

open access: yesKnee, 2018
BACKGROUND: Whether the arterial tourniquet in total knee arthroplasty (TKA) is a friend or a foe is still debated. Longer ischemia causes hypoxic damage; yet short duration of a tourniquet may influence outcome.
Per Kjaersgaard-Andersen
exaly   +2 more sources

Scalp tourniquet

British Journal of Plastic Surgery, 1994
A pneumatic tourniquet with special features for the scalp region has been devised. A safe and well controlled surgical ablation can be performed with shortened operative time. The new tourniquet permits a larger access to the scalp and easier applicability to different cranial sizes.
J, Hochberg, M, Ardenghy, T G, Pait
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THE TOURNIQUET

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Surgery, 1978
The morbidity of the tourniquet is not well documented. The “post‐tourniquet syndrome” is the most common side effect, but is usually unrecognized. The causation of nerve palsy. although this sequela is uncommon, has been documented. Other problems associated with tourniquet use are discussed.
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The Tourniquet Controversy

Journal of Trauma: Injury, Infection & Critical Care, 2003
Describing a tourniquet as “an instrument of the devil that sometimes saves a life” encapsulates the considerable risk to a limb when a tourniquet is applied to arrest life-threatening extremity hemorrhage. The use of tourniquets is widespread in both military and civilian environments, particularly in the developing world; however, the balance of risk
John, Navein   +2 more
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Tourniquets Revisited

Journal of Trauma: Injury, Infection & Critical Care, 2009
Controversy swirls about optimal control of life-threatening hemorrhage from an injured extremity whether in combat in the Middle East or in trauma care at home. Left unanswered are four critical questions: (1) What is the simplest tourniquet available? (2) Can it be used below the elbow and the knee? (3) Is pain a factor?
Kenneth G, Swan   +4 more
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THE TOURNIQUET

Journal of the American Medical Association, 1920
After the Germans had evacuated the Saint Mihiel salient, a metal tourniquet of unusual design was found in one of their advanced post surgical hospitals by Lieut.-Col. J. M. Flint and Lieut. A. Dayton. The instrument was made on the principle of the clamp: both arms were of rounded steel and covered with rubber tubing. It was given to me for trial in
openaire   +1 more source

Tourniquet

English Journal, 2020
BRIKMAN TZACH-YITZHAK   +2 more
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