ReviewIranian Red Crescent medical journal2015
Tourniquet in surgery of the limbs: a review of history, types and complications.
Review in Iranian Red Crescent medical journal, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 15 papers.
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15 citing papers in PubMed, 37 citations in OpenAlex.
- Closing the loop on tourniquet safety in distal radius fracture fixation surgery: a two-cycle quality improvement project.BMJ open quality · 2026Article
- Limiting tourniquet use during total knee arthroplasty improves short-term postoperative outcomes in patients with hypertension.Frontiers in surgery · 2025Article
- The history of tourniquet use in limb surgery.International orthopaedics · 2024Article
- The management of elbow trauma from a historical perspective.JSES international · 2023Article
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- Characterizing tourniquet induced hemodynamics during total knee arthroplasty using diffuse optical spectroscopy.Journal of orthopaedic research : official publication of the Orthopaedic Research Society · 2023Observational
- Analgesic effect of ketorolac added to lidocaine in surgery of traumatic arm injuries: A double-blind, randomized clinical trial.European journal of translational myology · 2022Article
- Preventing the complications of forgotten tourniquet by using intelligent tourniquet: A letter to the editor.International journal of surgery case reports · 2022Article
- Incidence and factors influencing tourniquet pain.Chinese journal of traumatology = Zhonghua chuang shang za zhi · 2021Observational
- Tourniquet use in routine primary total knee arthroplasty is associated with a higher transfusion rate and longer postoperative length of stay: a real-world study.BMC musculoskeletal disorders · 2020Article
- Is Diagnostic Arthroscopy at the Time of Medial Patellofemoral Ligament Reconstruction Necessary?Orthopaedic journal of sports medicine · 2020Article
- Damage Control for Vascular Trauma from the Prehospital to the Operating Room Setting.Frontiers in surgery · 2017Review
- Can the arterial clamp method be used safely where a tourniquet cannot be used?Cardiovascular journal of AfricaArticle
- Tourniquet application during anesthesia: "What we need to know?"Journal of anaesthesiology, clinical pharmacologyReview
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4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.
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Abstract
contextA tourniquet is a device that is used frequently in most orthopaedic surgeries but this routine device can lead to serious complications so we decided to review and declare it for safe instruction and use. EVIDENCE ACQUISITION: We searched the word "tourniquet" in PubMed and Google and reviewed all full text English articles and abstracts of non-English articles. In addition, we read all the reference pages of articles to find the new references.
resultsThe use of tourniquet in orthopedic surgery can lead to serious but rare complications that can be prevented by its correct knowledge and use.
conclusionsAt present, there is not enough evidence to discontinue the routine uses of tourniquets.
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