Tourniquet use during plating of acute extra-articular tibial fractures: Effects on final results of the operation

Journal of Trauma

Volumn 69, Issue 6, 2010, Pages E94-E97

  Saied, Alireza ^a   Zyaei, Afshin ^b  

^a KERMAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b HORMOZGAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Atopy; Extra alveolar time; Immunologic response; Replantation; Root resorption; Tooth avulsion

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE HEALING; FRACTURE NONUNION; HUMAN; INTRAMEDULLARY NAILING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPERATION DURATION; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SURGICAL DRAINAGE; SURGICAL INFECTION; TIBIA FRACTURE; TOURNIQUET;

ADULT; AGED; BONE PLATES; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; DRAINAGE; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TIBIAL FRACTURES; TIME FACTORS; TOURNIQUETS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 78650810973     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TA.0b013e3181dbac93     Document Type: Article

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