title: Tips of the trade #7. A sterile pneumatic tourniquet for surgical procedures about the elbow.
abstract: Operative procedures involving the elbow require careful surgical dissection to avoid injury to the ulnar nerve with its delicate branches and vascular supply. Sterile pneumatic tourniquets can facilitate visualization of the involved structures without compromising the surgical exposure.
authors.affiliation: Section of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.
authors.forename: F M
authors.initials: FM
authors.lastname: Hankin
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Papadopoulos
mesh_terms: D004209:Disposable Equipment; D004550:Elbow / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D014111:Tourniquets