%0 Journal Article %A Franzone, Jeanne M. %A Yang, Joon H. %A Herzenberg, John E. %D 2017 %I Begell House %K tourniquet, HemaClear® silicone ring tourniquet, elastic exsanguination tourniquet, cost savings %N 1 %P 59-65 %R 10.1615/JLongTermEffMedImplants.2018022527 %T Reuse of Single-Use HemaClear Exsanguination Tourniquets: A Technique Note %U https://www.dl.begellhouse.com/journals/1bef42082d7a0fdf,5226ed4f29fdaf85,04c91a4636bb882b.html %V 27 %X Surgical tourniquets have an important role in limiting blood loss and improving surgical visualization. The HemaClear® tourniquet is a sterile silicone-ring tourniquet designed to exsanguinate as it is applied. HemaClear tourniquets may be rolled all the way up to the groin or the axilla and thus provide a larger operating field than standard wide pneumatic tourniquets. Although designed for single use, we propose here a technique permitting the reapplication of a HemaClear tourniquet on the contralateral limb in the setting of bilateral-extremity sequential surgical procedures. Such one time reuse decreases health-care costs. %8 2017-08-29