The effect of post-operative bleeding on compartment pressure. ³

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Mars M. Journal of Hand Surgery - British Volume. 19(2):149-53, 1994 Apr. The effect of post-operative haemorrhage on intra-compartmental pressure has been studied in a primate model. The common practice of closing a wound and applying a compression bandage before deflating the tourniquet * is shown to raise intra-compartmental pressure. Subsequent tourniquet release causes a further rise in pressure. Post-operative intra-compartmental pressure remains significantly higher during the first 3 hours of reperfusion in limbs bandaged prior to tourniquet release than Á in limbs in which the tourniquet is released and haemostasis gained before compression bandaging is applied. *