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Tourniquet Test Hypercoagulability
Endothelial Stasis
dysfunction
Virchow’s triad
Risk factors:
Malignancy
Recent surgery with
immobilization
Differential diagnosis:
Lymphoedema
Investigation:
Ultrasound
Deep Vein Thrombosis
A TOURNIQUET placed just below the sapheno-femoral junction can be a good clinical sign
to show control of the reflux at the junction in patients with varicose veins. The video shows 62 year old with recent wide local excision of malignant skin carcinoma with groin
the rapid filling of the patient’s varicose veins (Greater saphenous system) upon release of lymph node dissection. Day 2 post op had swelling of right lower limb up to thigh.
the tourniquet, most visible on the medial side of the left knee.
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