Automated cuff occlusion pressure effect on quality of operative fields in foot and ankle surgery: A randomized prospective study

Foot and Ankle International

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 239-243

  Younger, Alastair S E ^a   Manzary, Mojieb ^a   Wing, Kevin J ^a   Stothers, Keith ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Plesthmography; Surgical field; Tourniquet

Indexed keywords

ANKLE PRESSURE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOOT SURGERY; HUMAN; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; LIMB OCCLUSION PRESSURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHOTOELECTRIC PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY OF LIFE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TOURNIQUET;

EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FOOT; HUMANS; LEG; MONITORING, INTRAOPERATIVE; PHOTOPLETHYSMOGRAPHY; PRESSURE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOFTWARE; SURGERY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TOURNIQUETS;

EID: 79953240889     PISSN: 10711007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3113/FAI.2011.0239     Document Type: Article

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