Hair-thread tourniquet syndrome: Two case reports and review of the literature

Hair-thread tourniquet syndrome: Two case reports and review of the literature

Hair-thread tourniquet syndrome (HTTS) is an emergency phenomenon in which hair or thread tightly wraps around a protruding appendage of the body, resulting in pain, swelling, and rarely ischemia and amputation. While the toes, fingers, and external genitalia are the most affected areas, it can also...

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Main Authors: Nuh Evin, Joshgun Gasimov, Fatih Osman Demir, Yusuf Erbayat
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2024-01-01
Series:Turkish Journal of Plastic Surgery
Subjects:
finger
hair-thread tourniquet syndrome
pyogenic granuloma
skin mass
toe
Online Access:http://www.turkjplastsurg.org/article.asp?issn=1300-6878;year=2024;volume=32;issue=2;spage=77;epage=79;aulast=Evin

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