Use of a new exsanguination tourniquet in internal fixation of distal radius fractures

Techniques in Hand and Upper Extremity Surgery

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 173-175

  Norman, Doron ^a   Greenfield, Inbal ^a   Ghrayeb, Nabil ^a   Peled, Eli ^a   Dayan, Lior ^a  

^a RAMBAM MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Bloodless surgical field; Fracture wrist; ORIF

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARM; ARTICLE; DRUG CONTRAINDICATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIUS FRACTURE; TOURNIQUET; VASCULARIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARM; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIUS FRACTURES; TOURNIQUETS;

EID: 74249116886     PISSN: 10893393     EISSN: 15316572     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BTH.0b013e3181b56187     Document Type: Article

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