Hair Thread Tourniquet Syndrome in an Infant: Emergency Exploration Saves Limbs

Hair thread tourniquet syndrome (HTTS) is a rare condition where fibres constrict around appendages causing ischaemia and necrosis. It is a sporadically reported condition, where almost all reported cases showed involvement of fingers, toes or genitalia. A significant number of the cases are infants...

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Autores principales: Kesu Belani, Levin, Leong, Juzaily F, Narin Singh, Parminder Singh Gill, Abdullah, Shalimar
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2019
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Orthopedics
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6957058/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31938655
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.6377

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6957058/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31938655
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.6377

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