Tourniquet-applied upper limb orthopaedic surgery results in increased inflammation and changes to leukocyte, coagulation and endothelial markers.

During this pilot clinical study, patients scheduled for elective tourniquet-applied upper limb orthopaedic surgery were recruited to investigate the effects of surgery on various biological markers (n = 10 patients).Three venous blood samples were collected from the arm at the ante-cubital fossa, a...

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Main Authors: Stephen F Hughes, Beverly D Hendricks, David R Edwards, Jim F Middleton
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2010-07-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2911384?pdf=render