Extended (16-hour) tourniquet application after combat wounds: A case report and review of the current literature

Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 274-278

  Kragh Jr , John F ^a   Baer, David G ^b   Walters, Thomas J ^b  

^a US ARMY INSTITUTE OF SURGICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Gunshot wounds; Ischemia; Reperfusion; Tourniquet

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BATTLE INJURY; CASE REPORT; DEBRIDEMENT; FASCIOTOMY; GUNSHOT INJURY; HAND MOVEMENT; HUMAN; INJURY; JOINT FUNCTION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOURNIQUET; TREATMENT DURATION; WAR; WRIST;

ADULT; AFGHANISTAN; HEMORRHAGE; HEMOSTATIC TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; MALE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; TIME FACTORS; TOURNIQUETS; UNITED STATES; WAR; WOUNDS, GUNSHOT; WRIST INJURIES;

EID: 34247133472     PISSN: 08905339     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BOT.0b013e3180437dd9     Document Type: Article

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