Journal of Hand Surgery
Volume 35, Issue 8 , Pages 1360-1361 , August 2010

Tourniquet Usage in Upper Extremity Surgery

  • Christopher Cox, MD
    • ,
  • Jeffrey Yao, MD

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author: Jeffrey Yao, MD, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Stanford University, 450 Broadway Street Pavilion C, 4th Floor, Redwood City, CA 94063

Received 12 January 2010 ,Accepted 7 March 2010.

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PII: S0363-5023(10)00278-9

doi: 10.1016/j.jhsa.2010.03.016

Journal of Hand Surgery
Volume 35, Issue 8 , Pages 1360-1361 , August 2010

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