Tourniquet use in lower limb trauma and fracture surgery.
Farhan-Alanie MM., Trompeter AJ., Wall PDH., Costa ML.
The use of tourniquets in lower limb trauma surgery to control bleeding and improve the surgical field is a long established practice. In this article, we review the evidence relating to harms and benefits of tourniquet use in lower limb fracture fixation surgery and report the results of a survey on current tourniquet practice among trauma surgeons in the UK.