Tourniquets in forefoot surgery: Less pain when placed at the ankle

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery - Series B

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 99-101

  Finsen, Vilhjalmur ^a,b   Kasseth, Ann Mari ^a  

^a TRONDHEIM UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b Department of Orthopaedic Surgery ^*  (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANKLE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOOT SURGERY; FOREFOOT; HALLUX VALGUS; HUMAN; MALE; PAIN; PARESTHESIA; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOURNIQUET;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANESTHESIA, LOCAL; ANKLE; FEMALE; FOREFOOT, HUMAN; HALLUX VALGUS; HUMANS; MALE; METHODS; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOURNIQUETS;

EID: 0031024763     PISSN: 0301620X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1302/0301-620X.79B1.7069     Document Type: Article

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