Prehospital Tourniquets Placed on Limbs Without Major Vascular Injuries, Has the Pendulum Swung Too Far?

Background: Combat applications of tourniquets for extremity trauma have led to increased civilian prehospital tourniquet use. Studies have demonstrated that appropriate prehospital tourniquet application can decrease the incidence of arrival in shock without increasing limb complications. The aim of this study was to examine outcomes of prehospital tourniquet placement without definitive vascular injury.

Laser-Assisted Lithotripsy With Sialendoscopy: Systematic Review of YO-IFOS Head and Neck Study Group.

Introduction: Sialolithiasis is the most common cause of symptomatic obstructive sialadenitis. Sialendoscopy represent a minimally invasive technique that has evolved significantly in the last 2 decades, with high success rates in managing sialolithiasis and allowing gland preservation. Lithotripsy assisted or not by laser represents the fragmentation of stone or lithiasis within the salivary duct followed immediately by removal of the fragmented pieces.