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Case Reports
. 1984 May;39(5):456-9.
doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2044.1984.tb07314.x.

Failure of intravenous regional analgesia using a double cuff tourniquet

P N Ogden
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Case Reports

Failure of intravenous regional analgesia using a double cuff tourniquet

P N Ogden. Anaesthesia. 1984 May.
Free article

Abstract

A case is presented of an elderly, obese patient with calcified peripheral vessels in whom an intravenous regional analgesic technique failed because arterial occlusion could not be achieved safely with a double cuff tourniquet. The possible causes and precautions are discussed.

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