Abstract
From the Departments of Dermatology, University of S~o Panlo, a and the Medical College of Wisconsin. b Reprint requests: Luiz G. M. Castro, MD, Mato Grosso, 128 Higien6polis, 01239-040 S~o Paulo/SP, Brazil. J AM ACAD DERMATOL 1996;34:815-6. Copyright © 1996 by the American Academy of Dermatology, Inc. 0190-9622/96 $5.00 + 0 16/74/69095 ficult. Furthermore, some techniques such as the use of epinephrine, local pressure, or electrocoagulation are often inadequate or dangerous. Because of this, many methods have been used to overcome this problem. One is the use of a single digit tourniquet. Tourniquets exsanguinate the digit before surgery and provide hemostasis. Wide Penrose drains have been used for this purpose. 1 However, they are often cumbersome and too large for small digits. We
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