Effectiveness and safety of tourniquet utilization for civilian vascular extremity trauma in the pre-hospital settings: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Ying-Chih KoTou-Yuan TsaiChien-Kai WuKai-Wei LinMing-Ju HsiehTzu-Pin LuTasuku MatsuyamaWen-Chu ChiangMatthew Huei-Ming Ma

Published in: World journal of emergency surgery : WJES (2024)

The current data suggest that, in the pre-hospital settings, PH-TQ use for civilian patients with vascular traumatic injury of the extremities decreased mortality and tended to decrease blood transfusions. This did not increase the risk of amputation or compartment syndrome significantly.

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