Survey of tourniquet use in orthopaedic foot and ankle surgery

Foot and Ankle International

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 208-217

  Younger, Alastair S E ^a,b,e   Kalla, Timothy P ^b,c   McEwen, James A ^b   Inkpen, Kevin ^d  

^a Providence Health Care   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c BC's Foot and Ankle Clinic   (Canada)

^d Western Clinical Engineering Ltd   (Canada)

^e NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Guidelines; Standards; Survey; Tourniquet

Indexed keywords

ANKLE; ARTICLE; BREAKTHROUGH BLEEDING; CHEMICAL BURN; COMPARTMENT SYNDROME; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONTUSION; CRUSH TRAUMA; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FOOT; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; HUMAN; LIMB PAIN; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MUSCLE INJURY; NERVE INJURY; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SKIN INJURY; SURGEON; THIGH; TOURNIQUET; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 14744300786     PISSN: 10711007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/107110070502600305     Document Type: Article

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