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ArticleClinical medicine & research2022

Extended Tourniquet Times and the Impact on Wound Healing in Foot Surgery.

Callum Robertson, Victoria Wilson, R M Dominic Meek, Robert Carter

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Article in Clinical medicine & research, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
0.2field-weighted citation impact, top 63% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Callum RobertsonOrthopaedics, Queen Elizabeth University Hospital, Glasgow, United Kingdom.
Victoria WilsonAnesthetics, Queen Elizabeth University Hospital, Glasgow, United Kingdom.
R M Dominic MeekAnesthetics, Queen Elizabeth University Hospital, Glasgow, United Kingdom.
Robert CarterAnesthetics, Queen Elizabeth University Hospital, Glasgow, United Kingdom.
Queen Elizabeth University Hospital · GB

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveThe aim of this study was to compare the effect of tourniquet time less than or in excess of 120 minutes on foot surgery wound healing. NULL HYPOTHESIS: A tourniquet time of over 120 minutes will not affect wound healing in foot surgery. DESIGN, SETTING, PARTICIPANTS AND

methodA retrospective comparative cohort analysis was performed on 96 patients undergoing complex hindfoot surgery in a large central teaching hospital. Fifty-five patients receiving tourniquet pressure for >120 minutes and 41 receiving <120 minutes of tourniquet pressure were identified from electronic case records. The primary outcome was surgical wound healing. Secondary outcomes were discharge date and complication rate.

resultsThere was no significant difference in reported time for wounds to heal in the <120-minute or >120-minute cohort. There were no other significant differences in secondary clinical outcomes and no significant variations in patient demographics.

conclusionThis study suggests that tourniquet times from 2 to 3 hours in foot and ankle surgery with pressures up to 300 mmHg are not associated with a significant effect on wound healing.

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Complex hindfoot surgeryExtended tourniquet timeFoot and ankleNewman’s recommendationsOrthopaedic surgery

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PMID36028284
PMCPMC9544197
OpenAlexW4300400643

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