title: [A case of paralytic syndrome of the upper limb caused by tourniquet].
abstract: A case of paralytic syndrome of an upper limb in a healthy young man following the application of a tourniquet, accidentally inflated to a pressure of more than 200 mmHg during an operation, is described in which motility was fully recovered after 3 months. The importance of checking equipment periodically is stressed.
authors.affiliation: Divisione di Ortopedia e Traumatologia, Ospedale Civile, Alessandria.
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: De Tullio
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Bertini
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Celenza
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Fasciolo
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Guagnini
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001132:Arm; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010243:Paralysis / Q000209:etiology*; D013577:Syndrome; D014111:Tourniquets
vernacular_title: Su un caso di sindrome paralitica all'arto superiore da laccio emostatico.