Clinical experiences with a new tourniquet device

Annals of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 56, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 618-621

  Orbay, Hakan ^a,b   Ünlü, Ramazan Erkin ^a   Kerem, Metin ^a   Şensöz, Ömer ^a  

^a ANKARA TRAINING AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^b Eryaman Evleri   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Complications; Tourniquet

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIMB BLOOD FLOW; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TOURNIQUET;

ADULT; ANESTHESIA, CONDUCTION; ANESTHESIA, GENERAL; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; TOURNIQUETS; UPPER EXTREMITY;

EID: 33744812989     PISSN: 01487043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.sap.0000203988.88955.bc     Document Type: Article

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