Tourniquet injuries: Pathogenesis and modalities for attenuation

Acta Orthopaedica Belgica

Volumn 71, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 635-645

  Murphy, Colin G ^a,b   Winter, Desmond C ^a   Bouchier Hayes, David J ^a  

^a BEAUMONT HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^b Booterstown Co   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Pneumatic tourniquet

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CREATINE KINASE; LACTIC ACID; POTASSIUM ION;

BLISTER; BLOOD VESSEL INJURY; CARDIOPULMONARY INSUFFICIENCY; CORE TEMPERATURE; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; EDEMA; HUMAN; HYPERKALEMIA; HYPERTENSION; HYPOTHERMIA; INJURY; ISCHEMIA; LIMB BLOOD FLOW; METABOLIC DISORDER; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; NERVE INJURY; OPERATION DURATION; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; PRESSURE; REPERFUSION INJURY; REVIEW; RHABDOMYOLYSIS; SAFETY; SKIN ABRASION; SKIN NECROSIS; SURGEON; TACHYCARDIA; TOURNIQUET;

COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; MALE; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROGNOSIS; REPERFUSION INJURY; RISK ASSESSMENT; TOURNIQUETS;

EID: 30644473684     PISSN: 00016462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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