Alireza Saied, Alia Ayatollahi Mousavi, Fateme Arabnejad, Afshin Ahmadzadeh Heshmati
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Abstract
Context: A 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.
Results: The use of tourniquet in orthopedic surgery can lead to serious but rare complications that can be prevented by its correct knowledge and use.
Conclusions: At present, there is not enough evidence to discontinue the routine uses of tourniquets.
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The IRANIAN RED CRESCENT MEDICAL JOURNAL is an international, English language, peer-reviewed journal dealing with general Medicine and Surgery, Disaster Medicine and Health Policy. It is an official Journal of the Iranian Hospital Dubai and is published monthly. The Iranian Red Crescent Medical Journal aims at publishing the high quality materials, both clinical and scientific, on all aspects of Medicine and Surgery
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