26.3 Use of a tourniquet in femoro-distal bypass surgery

Tourniquets in Arterial Bypass Surgery

“…Our early patency rates were comparable with the reported literature, and most importantly we found The Tourniquet no complications attributable to the use of the tourniquet. 30 More recently, Shindo et al have reported the The tourniquet has a long history, extending back at least to ancient Roman times where a constricting long-term results of their work with patency rates of 80.3% at 10 years. Others have reported the use of band was used to control haemorrhage.…”