Closed Injuries: Bone, Ligament, and Tendon

Pressures secondary to circumferential digital dressings in clay models

“…[3] To prevent the dressing from rolling up and creating a tourniquet effect, Hart et al [4] suggested that the dressing should be brought down from the finger, to include the hand and wrist. Despite the importance of preventing finger necrosis, [5,6] the pressures generated by circumferential dressings have not yet been studied. The aim of this study was to elucidate the pressures occurring secondary to self-adherent bandages applied circumferentially around the fingers.…”