Modified use of extremity tourniquets for burn wound debridement

Journal of Burn Care and Rehabilitation

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 334-337

  Smoot III, E Clyde ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b LE BONHEUR CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN;

ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BURN; BURN EXCISION; DEBRIDEMENT; HEMATOMA; HEMOSTASIS; HYPEREMIA; REVASCULARIZATION; SKIN GRAFT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TOURNIQUET;

EID: 0029795324     PISSN: 02738481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004630-199607000-00009     Document Type: Article

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