Surgical tourniquets in orthopaedics

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery

Volumn 92, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1318-1322

  Gavriely, Noam ^a  

^a OHK Medical Devices   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTERIAL PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE CUFF; ELASTICITY; LETTER; NERVE INJURY; ORTHOPEDICS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SKIN SURFACE; TOURNIQUET; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; NOTE; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY;

HUMANS; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; TOURNIQUETS;

EID: 77952518310     PISSN: 00219355     EISSN: 15351386     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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