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[Ischemic preconditioning in surgery of extremities: experimental studies]

L Gürke1, A Marx, F Harder

  • 1Departement Chirurgie, Kantonsspital der Universität, Basel.

Der Chirurg; Zeitschrift Fur Alle Gebiete Der Operativen Medizen
|August 1, 1996
PubMed
Summary

Ischemic preconditioning (IP) significantly improved skeletal muscle function after prolonged ischemia and reperfusion in rats. This protective effect suggests IP could reduce muscle damage during surgeries involving tourniquet ischemia.

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