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Tourniquets Revolutionize Extremity Surgery
Working in a bloodless field, surgeons are able to perform complex procedures more efficiently.
Ravi Karia, MD
PERFECT FIT The wider the tourniquet cuff, the less pressure needed to stop arterial blood flow.Performing hand surgery without a tourniquet? Famed surgeon Sterling Bunnell, MD, once said it'd be like "trying to fix a watch in a bottle of ink." When deciding on which tourniquet is right for the patients and extremity procedures you host, and to best avoid tourniquet-related complications, consider the following 6 factors.
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