Effects of digital tourniquet ischemia: A single center study

Dermatologic Surgery

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 584-592

  De Bengoa Vallejo, Ricardo Becerro ^a   Iglesias, Marta Elena Losa ^b   Lõpez, Daniel Lõpez ^c   Posada Moreno, Paloma ^a   Lõpez, Patricia Palomo ^d   Rodriguez, Miguel Fuentes ^a   Crespo, Antonio Saez ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD REY JUAN CARLOS   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF A CORUÑA   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EXTREMADURA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACIDOSIS; ADULT; ARTICLE; DIGITAL T RING TOURNIQUET; FEMALE; HUMAN; ISCHEMIA; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PATIENT SAFETY; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; TISSUE INJURY; TOURNIQUET;

ADULT; FEMALE; FINGERS; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; ISCHEMIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TOURNIQUETS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84875782277     PISSN: 10760512     EISSN: 15244725     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/dsu.12115     Document Type: Article

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