Clinical safety and efficacy of calf tourniquets

Foot and Ankle International

Volumn 17, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 573-575

  Michelson, James D ^a   Perry, Mark ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CUFF; FEMALE; FOOT SURGERY; HEMOSTASIS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0029813837     PISSN: 10711007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/107110079601700913     Document Type: Article

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