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Clinical Trial
. 1990 Mar;72(2):119-21; discussion 122.

Varicose vein surgery using a pneumatic tourniquet: reduced blood loss and improved cosmesis

J F Thompson  1 , G T Royle, P A Farrands, A Najmaldin, P C Clifford, J H Webster
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Clinical Trial

Varicose vein surgery using a pneumatic tourniquet: reduced blood loss and improved cosmesis

J F Thompson et al. Ann R Coll Surg Engl. 1990 Mar.

Abstract

A prospective controlled randomised study has been performed of 100 consecutive patients undergoing varicose vein surgery. One group underwent saphenofemoral flush ligation and multiple lower leg avulsions with the leg exsanguinated with a Rhys-Davies cuff, and ischaemia maintained with a pneumatic tourniquet. The other group underwent identical surgery but with a 30 degree head down tilt only. Blood loss was significantly less (13.5 +/- 12 ml vs 133 +/- 78 ml; P less than 0.01) and postoperative cosmesis was significantly improved in patients in the tourniquet group. Operating time was similar (27 +/- 11 min vs 30 +/- 13 min) in the two groups.

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