Open AccessVasospasm After Use of a Tourniquet: Another Cause of Postoperative Limb Ischemia?
Author(s) -
Rodrigo R. Gazmuri,
Juan A. Muñoz,
Juan Pablo Ilic,
Ricardo M. Urtubia,
Roberto R. Glucksmann
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
anesthesia and analgesia/anesthesia and analgesia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.404
H-Index - 201
eISSN - 1526-7598
pISSN - 0003-2999
DOI - 10.1097/00000539-200205000-00017
Subject(s) - medicine , tourniquet , vasospasm , ischemia , limb ischemia , anesthesia , surgery , cardiology , subarachnoid hemorrhage
Two previously reported causes of postoperative limb ischemia after use of a tourniquet, compartment syndrome and arterial thromboembolism, require aggressive and invasive management. We report another probable cause that can be managed nonsurgically: vasospasm.