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[Restrictive bandages. Expert medical opinion (author's transl)]
MMW, Munchener Medizinische Wochenschrift
|January 14, 1977
Abstract:
The danger of pressure damage due to bandages is considerable. Plaster casts are incorrect immediately after accidents, repositioning of and operations on limbs. Complaints of circulatory disturbances and pains are to be taken very seriously. Pressure damage may occur not only after plaster casts, but also with elastic bandages. The urgent need to pay attention to undisturbed blood flow to the extremities after accidents and operations is emphasized with reference to 11 cases of various kinds.