TY  - JOUR
T1  - Surgical Tourniquets in Orthopaedics
AU  - Noordin, Shahryar
AU  - McEwen, James A.
AU  - KraghJr., Colonel John F.
AU  - Eisen, Andrew
AU  - Masri, Bassam A.
Y1  - 2009/12/01
N1  - 10.2106/JBJS.I.00634
JO  - The Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery
SP  - 2958
EP  - 2967
VL  - 91
IS  - 12
N2  - 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.
SN  - 0021-9355
M3  - doi: 10.2106/JBJS.I.00634
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.2106/JBJS.I.00634
ER  -