objective: to report the case of a 39- year old unmarried female with factitious edema of the right hand two weeks after being struck by her brother and following self injury of the right arm. method: a 39-year old unmarried female with severe edema of the right hand and forearm diagnosed as factitious lymphedema was admitted to roozbeh psychiatric hospital. after hospitalization, with elevatio...

The authors undertook a randomised prospective study to investigate the contribution of thigh tourniquets to the formation of intra-operative venous emboli during lower limb surgery. Patients were randomised to have a thigh tourniquet or no tourniquet and transoesophageal echocardiography was used to detect embolic signals in the right heart during and after knee arthroscopy. Three physicians b...

We have investigated whether the thigh tourniquet used during total knee replacement (TKR) influenced the development of postoperative wound hypoxia and was a cause of delayed wound healing. We allocated randomly 31 patients (31 TKRs) to one of three groups: 1) no tourniquet; 2) tourniquet inflated at low pressure (about 225 mmHg); and 3) tourniquet inflated to high pressure of about 350 mmHg. ...

Abstract Introduction Pressure bandages are frequently used for emergency haemostasis in arterial forearm injuries. This study assesses the range of pressures exerted by pressure and relevant variables, thus evaluating safety use. Method We measured under a standard Oleas modular bandage using Flexiforce Prototyping Kit when applied various members hand trauma unit with differing levels experie...

This paper presents a method for the impedance control of a pneumatic manipulator for peg-in-hole tasks without using a load cell. The control methodology presented contains a sliding mode force controller and an adaptive pressure summation relationship, which enforces the controllable natural stiffness of the pneumatic actuator. This is accomplished by utilizing two three-way proportional spoo...

A 25 yr old 60 kg haemoglobin SS male presented with a 3 year history of a discharging sinus in the left upper arm. His last crisis was ten years earlier; while his stable haemoglobin concentration was 10 g/dl.Examination revealed healthy looking, well hydrated man. He had left upper arm chronic osteomyelitis which was diagnosed radiologically. He was scheduled for an elective saucerization and...

The air tourniquet is routinely used in the surgery of the lower limbs. Circulatory and biochemical changes in the blood were investigated during the use of the tourniquet and after its removal. The blood flow was stopped by tourniquet for 60•`120 minutes under general anesthesia with intra-tracheal intubation. The results obtained were as follows. Blood pressure and CVP were sharply reduced af...

complication of fracture of the humerus. It may also result from compression by a tourniquet, from the use of crutches, and from allowing the arm of an anaesthetised patient to hang over the operation table. It may develop during sleep, especially when the patient is intoxicated (“Saturday night palsy”). Cases have been described of radial mono-neuritis caused by alcohol, lead, arsenic and seru...