Esmarch tourniquet in orthopaedic surgery

Tropical Doctor

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 139-141

  Akinyoola, A L ^a   Oginni, L M ^a   Orimolade, E A ^a   Ogundele, O J ^a  

^a OBAFEMI AWOLOWO UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CUBITAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; ELECTIVE SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INSTRUMENTATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NIGERIA; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RADIAL NEUROPATHY; TEACHING HOSPITAL; TOURNIQUET; UTILIZATION REVIEW; ACUTE DISEASE; BANDAGE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COMPARTMENT SYNDROME; DISEASE COURSE; EXCHANGE BLOOD TRANSFUSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARALYSIS; PHYSIOTHERAPY; SCHOOL CHILD; SURGICAL INFECTION; TREATMENT DURATION; ULNAR NERVE PARALYSIS; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NIGERIA; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; RADIAL NEUROPATHY; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, ELECTIVE; TOURNIQUETS; ULNAR NEUROPATHIES;

EID: 35248883951     PISSN: 00494755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/004947507781524827     Document Type: Article

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