supported by the Department of Advanced Acute Medicine at Nagoya City University.
BACKGROUND:Ultrasound guidance is commonly used for accessing difficult peripheral veins.For successful access,a tourniquet is required for venodilation.Tourniquets decrease the compressibility and increase the diamet...
There is controversy in the literature on where to place the tourniquet(thigh,calf,ankle)for foot and ankle surgery.While some authors prefer the ankle tourniquet to the calf tourniquet,others state that the surgeon c...
BACKGROUND Tourniquets are commonly used in elective extremity orthopaedic surgery to reduce blood loss,improve visualization in the surgical field,and to potentially reduce surgical time.There is a lack of consensus ...
BACKGROUND Despite over 150000 amputations of lower limbs annually,there remains a wide variation in tourniquet practice patterns and no consensus on their necessity,especially among orthopedic patient populations.The...
BACKGROUND Rhabdomyolysis develops as a result of skeletal muscle cell collapse from leakage of the intracellular contents into circulation.In severe cases,it can be associated with acute kidney injury and disseminate...
Purpose:The use of tourniquet in orthopedic surgery facilitates operation by establishing a bloodless surgical field.However,many complications following the use of tourniquets have been reported.Tourniquet pain is th...
BACKGROUND A snapping wrist is a rare symptom that results from the sudden impingement of one anatomic structure against another,subsequently causing a sudden movement only during wrist movement.CASE SUMMARY A 30-year...
Oxidative stress occurs in the organism with ischemia due to tourniquet use and subsequent reperfusion. Oxidative stress increases postoperative morbidity. Some Non-Steroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs (NSAIDs) perform t...
Background: Pneumatic arterial tourniquet is a utilized strategy in limb surgeries to provide bloodless field to facilitate surgical procedure. Be that as it may, arterial tourniquet has numerous injurious impacts inc...
Tourniquet has long been used in TKA (Total Knee Arthroplasty) as the other orthopedic procedures for decreasing operation time and blood loss, providing better visualization of anatomic structures. While having much ...