A prospective randomised trial of tourniquet in varicose vein surgery

Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

Volumn 82, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 280-282

  Sykes, T C F ^a,b   Brookes, P ^a   Hickey, N C ^a  

^a WORCESTERSHIRE ROYAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b Old Mill Lane   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Randomised controlled trial; Tourniquet; Varicose veins

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEG VARICOSIS; MALE; OPERATION DURATION; PAIN; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SAPHENOUS VEIN; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TOURNIQUET; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VEIN LIGATION; VEIN STRIPPING;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLOOD LOSS, SURGICAL; CONTUSIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SAPHENOUS VEIN; TOURNIQUETS; VARICOSE VEINS;

EID: 0033916126     PISSN: 00358843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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