%0 Journal Article %T Silicone ring tourniquet versus pneumatic cuff tourniquet in carpal tunnel release: a randomized comparative study %A G. I. Drosos %A A. Ververidis %A N. I. Stavropoulos %A R. Mavropoulos %A G. Tripsianis %A K. Kazakos %J Journal of Orthopaedics and Traumatology %@ 1590-9999 %D 2013 %I %R 10.1007/s10195-012-0223-x %X According to the findings of this study, in patients who underwent carpal tunnel release under local anesthesia, the pain levels at the end of the operation and those just before the removal of the tourniquet were higher in the PT group than in the SRT group of patients. %K Tourniquet %K Pneumatic tourniquet %K Silicon ring tourniquet %K Tourniquet pain %U http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10195-012-0223-x