A simple and fail safe method for digital tourniquet.
Digital tourniquets are commonly used to provide a bloodless field for surgery to the finger. Such tourniquets, however, are potentially harmful and disastrous consequences occur if they are accidentally left in place. We propose a modification of the rubber glove tourniquet technique that will provide a safe and reliable tourniquet.
Smith
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Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, St James's University Hospital, Leeds LS9 7TF, UK.
Austin
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Knight
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D005385:Fingers / Q000098:blood supply* / Q000601:surgery*; D006488:Hemostasis, Surgical / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D014111:Tourniquets