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A Simple and Fail Safe Method for Digital Tourniquet

I. M. SMITH
O. M. B. AUSTIN
S. L. KNIGHT

From the Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, St James’s University Hospital, Leeds LS9 7TF, UK

Correspondence: Mr Ian M Smith, Dept of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, St James’s University Hospital, Leeds LS9 7TF, UK. Tel.: 0113 206 5721.

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.

Journal of Hand Surgery (British and European Volume), Vol. 27, No. 4, 363-364 (2002)
DOI: 10.1054/jhsb.2002.0781
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