title: The relationship between the use of tourniquet and the intensity of postoperative pain in surgically treated malleolar fractures.
abstract: The purpose of this study was to examine whether application of a pneumatic tourniquet to the lower extremity during open reduction and internal fixation of malleolar fractures had an effect on the intensity of postoperative pain or not. It was found in males and patients older than 30 years of age that postoperative pain with tourniquet use was harder to control compared with others not in these groups.
authors.affiliation: Ankara Numune Hospital, 3rd Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, Turkey.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Omeroğlu
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Günel
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Biçimoğlu
authors.forename: A Y
authors.initials: AY
authors.lastname: Tabak
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Uçaner
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Güney
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D016512:Ankle Injuries / Q000601:surgery*; D005593:Fracture Fixation, Internal; D050723:Fractures, Bone / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D010147:Pain Measurement; D010149:Postoperative Pain / Q000145:classification / Q000209:etiology*; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012737:Sex Factors; D014111:Tourniquets / Q000009:adverse effects*