Transient Neurological Dysfunction and Intracranial Hypertension After Tourniquet Deflation in a Patient With a Head Injury: A Case Report.

A tourniquet is used during surgery to produce a bloodless surgical field and decrease intraoperative blood loss. Although useful, tourniquets are associated with various physiological alterations both during inflation and deflation phases which may be poorly tolerated in compromised patients. We report a case of transient neurological dysfunction and intracranial hypertension after tourniquet deflation in a 15-year-old patient with a head injury.