title: A simple and fail safe method for digital tourniquet.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, St James's University Hospital, Leeds LS9 7TF, UK.
authors.forename: I M
authors.initials: IM
authors.lastname: Smith
authors.forename: O M B
authors.initials: OM
authors.lastname: Austin
authors.forename: S L
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Knight
mesh_terms: D005385:Fingers / Q000098:blood supply* / Q000601:surgery*; D006488:Hemostasis, Surgical / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D014111:Tourniquets