Surgical Tourniquets Allows Surgeons to Work in Bloodless Operative Field, Preve

Posted by Sachin CMI on December 23rd, 2020

Surgical tourniquets are one of the most common operations that a surgeon performs. It involves the use of a tournier, which is a short, curved piece of metal that is used to cover or tie off the wound. The surgeon then uses small scissors to amputate the tendons and ligaments as well as the blood vessels from the wound. The main purpose of this surgery is to relieve pain and reduce swelling, which will help you return to your daily activities much faster than if you had not been operated on. Surgical tourniquet allow the surgeons to perform an increased amount of work in a less invasive way by allowing the wounds to heal without the need for excessive blood transfusions, the use of antibiotics to reduce infection, and the shortening or complete removal of the lymph nodes through coagulation therapy.

Surgical tourniquets are the only device that offers the safe, effective, and comfortable management of post-surgical blood loss, acute trauma, and spinal cord injuries, after cardiopulmonary resuscitation or acute coronary syndromes after a pulmonary artery or heart arrest. They provide significant improvement in patient outcomes, reducing pain, swelling and blood loss/dryness, post-operative weight loss, and mortality. Surgical tournaments have achieved recognition as an advanced life-saving surgical method, used in virtually all areas of medicine. Surgical tourniquets are now routinely conducted for selected operative indications where alternative methods have failed.

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