Tourniquet use and its complications in Norway

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery - Series B

Volumn 88, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1090-1092

  Odinsson, A ^a   Finsen, V ^a  

^a TRONDHEIM UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLISTER; COMPARTMENT SYNDROME; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; FOOT INJURY; HUMAN; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROPATHY; NORWAY; OPERATION DURATION; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; PARESIS; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SENSORIMOTOR NEUROPATHY; SKIN DISEASE; SKIN NECROSIS; SURGEON; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TIME; TOURNIQUET; WRIST INJURY;

ARM; BLOOD PRESSURE; CHILD; HUMANS; LEG; NORWAY; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PRESSURE; TIME FACTORS; TOURNIQUETS;

EID: 33747351234     PISSN: 0301620X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1302/0301-620X.88B8.17668     Document Type: Article

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