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Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery - British Volume, Vol 68-B, Issue 4, 625-628
Copyright © 1986 by British Editorial Society of Bone and Joint Surgery

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A safe and effective low pressure tourniquet. A prospective evaluation

RJ Newman and A Muirhead

An unusually wide pneumatic tourniquet has recently become available; we provide a simple formula for its use with a low but effective inflation pressure. A prospective, randomised and controlled trial in 600 lower limb and 150 upper limb operations is reported. The wide tourniquet (12.5 cm) was as effective at low pressure as was a conventional tourniquet (9 cm) inflated to significantly higher pressures. Fewer patients suffered from painful paraesthesiae after operation using the broad, low-pressure tourniquet.


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