RT Journal
A1 Noordin, Shahryar
A1 McEwen, James A.
A1 KraghJr., Colonel John F.
A1 Eisen, Andrew
A1 Masri, Bassam A.
T1 Surgical Tourniquets in Orthopaedics
JF The Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery
JO The Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery
YR 2009
FD December 1
VO 91
IS 12
SP 2958
OP 2967
DO 10.2106/JBJS.I.00634
UL http://dx.doi.org/10.2106/JBJS.I.00634
AB Higher levels of tourniquet pressure and higher pressure gradients beneath tourniquet cuffs are associated with a higher risk of nerve-related injury.Measurement of limb occlusion pressure can help to minimize tourniquet pressure levels and pressure gradients for individual patients and individual surgical procedures.Selective use of pneumatic, wider, and contoured tourniquet cuffs reduces tourniquet pressure levels and the applied pressure gradients.