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Review
. 2009 Dec;91(12):2958-67.
doi: 10.2106/JBJS.I.00634.

Surgical tourniquets in orthopaedics

Shahryar Noordin  1 , James A McEwen, John F Kragh Jr, Andrew Eisen, Bassam A Masri
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Review

Surgical tourniquets in orthopaedics

Shahryar Noordin et al. J Bone Joint Surg Am. 2009 Dec.

Erratum in

  • J Bone Joint Surg Am. 2010 Feb;92(2):442

Abstract

Higher levels of tourniquet pressure and higher pressure gradients beneath tourniquet cuffs are associated with a higher risk of nerve-related injury. Measurement of limb occlusion pressure can help to minimize tourniquet pressure levels and pressure gradients for individual patients and individual surgical procedures. Selective use of pneumatic, wider, and contoured tourniquet cuffs reduces tourniquet pressure levels and the applied pressure gradients.

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  • Surgical tourniquets in orthopaedics.
    Gavriely N. Gavriely N. J Bone Joint Surg Am. 2010 May;92(5):1318-22; author reply 1322-3. J Bone Joint Surg Am. 2010. PMID: 20439692 No abstract available.

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