Forgotten digital tourniquet: Salvage of an ischaemic finger by application of medicinal leeches

Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

Volumn 88, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 462-464

  Durrant, Charles ^a   Townley, W A ^a   Ramkumar, S ^a   Khoo, C T K ^a  

^a WEXHAM PARK HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Finger tourniquets; Gangrene; Medicinal leeches

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; CEFUROXIME; CIPROFLOXACIN; METRONIDAZOLE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CRUSH TRAUMA; EMERGENCY WARD; EPIDERMOLYSIS; FINGER INJURY; FINGER MALFORMATION; GANGRENE; HAND FUNCTION; HAND RADIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LEECHING; LIMB ISCHEMIA; LOW DRUG DOSE; MALE; NAIL BED; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PNEUMATIC TOOL; SALVAGE THERAPY; SENSORY SYSTEM EXAMINATION; TOURNIQUET; WOUND DRESSING;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMALS; FINGER INJURIES; FINGERS; HIRUDO MEDICINALIS; HUMANS; ISCHEMIA; LEECHING; MALE; SALVAGE THERAPY; TOURNIQUETS; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING;

EID: 33748683163     PISSN: 00358843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1308/003588406X117052     Document Type: Article

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