Please note: In any event, the values of pressure and model selection in the Model Selection Guide are to be used as reference.
Welcome to the scientific resource page dedicated to the HemaClear sterile exsanguination tourniquet for orthopedic, vascular, and plastic surgeries.
This page offers a curated selection of scientific abstracts that highlight the efficacy, safety, and advantages of the HemaClear.
We provide direct links to the articles’ abstracts for your convenience.
If you require more comprehensive information, including complete access to the full collection of studies and articles about the HemaClear tourniquet, please contact us directly via info@hemaclear.com
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Peer-Reviewed Publications
Total Knee Arthroplasty and ACL Reconstruction
- Nondrainage Decreases Blood Transfusion Need and Infection Rate in Bilateral Total Knee Arthroplasty, Ismail Demirkale, MD, Osman Tecimel, MD, Hakan Sesen, MD, Kasim Kilicarslan, MD, Murat Altay, MD, Metin Dogan,MD https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0883540313008085#!
2. The Sterile Elastic Exsanguination Tourniquet vs. the Pneumatic Tourniquet for Total Knee Arthroplasty, Yaron S. Brin, MD, Viktor Feldman, MD, Itai Ron Gal, MD, Michael Markushevitch, MD, Amit Regev, MD, Abraham Stern, MD
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25496927
3. Silicone ring tourniquet or pneumatic cuff tourniquet for total knee arthroplasty, Jean-Yves Jenny, David Bahlau, Sandra Wisniewski
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26980618
4. Silicone ring tourniquet versus pneumatic cuff tourniquet in total knee arthroplasty surgery: A randomized comparative study, Vicente J. León-Muñoza,⁎, Alonso J. Lisón-Almagroa, César H. Hernández-Garcíaa, Mirian López-Lópezb
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5990291
5. Comparison of local pain and tissue reaction between conventional pneumatic tourniquet and disposable silicone ring tourniquet during Total Knee Arthroplasty, Sanjay Bhalchandra Londhe Consultant Orthopedic Surgeon, Ravi Vinod Shah, Shubhankar Sanjay Londhe, Pritesh, Omprakash Agrawal, Nicholas Antao, Sushil Churhe
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33717930
6. A comparison of operative field space between sterile single-use and re-useable pneumatic tourniquets in revision total knee arthroplasty, Ved A, Kempshall PJ, Sharma H, Morgan-Jones RL
https://www.orthopaper.com/vol1issue1/pdf/21.1.pdf
7. Clinical Efficacy of Sterile Exsanguination Silicone Tourniquets on Primary Total Knee Arthroplasty, Sun Yongqiang, Liu Guojie, Li Shuailei, Ye Ye Chen Xiaobo Liu Pei Cai Yiqiang
8. The effect of tourniquet type and thigh conicity on the length of hamstring autograft, Mehmet Faruk Catma and Alper Ozturk
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30189776
9. S-Mart and Pneumatic tourniquet – a randomized controlled study, Arvind Mohan, Palanisamy Ramesh, M. J. Curtis
10. The Use of an Exsanguinating Tourniquet and Intravenous Tranexamic Acid to Reduce Total Blood Loss and Transfusion Rates in Unilateral Total Knee Arthroplasty
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7303488
11. “Tourniquet Use Improves Cement Penetration and Reduces Radiolucent Line Progression at 5 Years After Total Knee Arthroplasty”
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33500203
Peer-reviewed publications
Upper extremity
12. Use of S-MART Tourniquet in Total Elbow Arthroplasty, Mr. Arvind Mohan, Mr. Mark Middleton and Mr. Mark Flannery
13. Evaluation of a novel tourniquet device for bloodless surgery of the hand, M. Boiko and M. Roffman
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/15010170
14. Silicone ring versus pneumatic cuff tourniquet: a comparative quantitative study in healthy individuals, Georgios I. Drosos, Nikolaos I. Stavropoulos, Konstantinos Kazakos, Grigorios Tripsianis, Athanasios Ververidis, Dionisios-Alexandros Verettas
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/20585790
15. The use of S-MART Tourniquet in Hand Surgery: A Safe and Effective Way to Provide a Bloodless Field, O. Templeton-Ward, J. Feher, and P. Davey
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1155/2014/402184
Orthopedic Surgery
Pediatric Orthopedics
16. A novel elastic Exsanguination tourniquet as an alternative to the pneumatic cuff in pediatric limb surgery, Mark Eidelman, Alexander Katzman and Viktor Bialik
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/16891968/
17. Safety of using a novel device for creating a bloodless surgical field in pediatric limb fractures, N. Hous, D. Norman, A. Katzman and M. Eidelman
18. The use of sterile tourniquet in Paediatric Orthopaedics, MARKEAS N, PAPACHRISTOS I, LYGDAS P, PATRIKAREAS C, KONSTANTOPOULOU A, MARINOS N.
General Orthopedics & Trauma
19. Skinny wire and locking plate fixation for comminated intra-articular distal humerus fractures: a technical trick and case series, Jeffrey J. Olson, MD, George S.M. Dyer, MD
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666639120300092
20. Use of HemaClear elastic tourniquet reduces blood loss in operative treatment of humeral shaft fractures, Christopher Domes, Nathan N. O’Hara, Robert V. O’Toole, Michael G. Schloss, Zachary D. Hannan, Raymond A. Pensy
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36400631
21. Use of a New Exsanguination Tourniquet in Internal Fixation of Distal Radius Fractures, Doron Norman, MD, Inbal Greenfield, MD, Nabil Ghrayeb, MD, Eli Peled, MD, and Lior Dayan, MD
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36400631
22. Using HemaClear® on a Mono-trauma Left Knee-distal Femur: A Case Report, Peter Reynders MD PhD
23. Pulmonary Embolism After Application of a Sterile Elastic Exsanguination Tourniquet, Viktor Feldman, MD; Ahmad Biadsi, MD; Omer Slavin, MD; Benjamin Kish, MD; Israel Tauber, MD; Meir Nyska, MD; Yaron S. Brin, MD
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26652340
24. The Silicone Ring Tourniquet in Orthopaedic Operations of the Extremities, Georgios Drosos, Athanasios Ververidis, Rodion Mavropoulos, Georgios Vastardis, Konstantinos Tsioros, Konstantinos Kazakos
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/23860930
Peer-Reviewed Publications – Vascular
25. Narrow elastic disposable tourniquet (Hemaclear®) vs. traditional wide pneumatic tourniquet for creation or revision of hemodialysis angioaccesses, Pierre Bourquelot, Bernard I. Levy
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27056025
26. A sterile elastic exsanguination tourniquet is effective in preventing blood loss during hemodialysis access surgery, Eric Ladenheim, Juergen Krauthammer, Siddartha Agrawal, Craig Lum, Nathan Chadwick
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6159822
Peer-Reviewed Publications
Physiology & Biomechanics
27. Surgical Tourniquets in Orthopedics, Noam Gavriely https://journals.lww.com/jbjsjournal/citation/2010/05000/surgical_tourniquets_in_orthopaedics.48.aspx
28. The Mechanical Response of Limbs to a Tourniquet Application (Part 1), E.L. ENGINEERING
29. The Mechanical Response of Limbs to a Tourniquet Application (Part 2), E.L. ENGINEERING
30. The Effect of the Silicone Ring Tourniquet and Standard Pneumatic Tourniquet on the Motor Nerve Conduction, Pain and Grip Strength in Healthy Volunteers, Georgios I. Drosos, MD; Georgios Kiziridis, MD; Cristina Aggelopoulou, MD; Dimitrios Galiatsatos, MD; George Anastassopoulos, MD; Athanasios Ververidis, MD; Konstantinos Kazakos, MD
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26894213
31. Upper Extremity Nerve Function and Pain in Human Volunteers with Narrow versus Wide Tourniquets, Florian Kovar, Julio J. Jauregui, Stacy C. Specht, Erin Baker, Anil Bhave& John E. Herzenberg
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28094742
32. Nerve compression and pain in human volunteers with narrow vs. wide tourniquets, Florian M. Kovar, Manuela Jaindl, Gerhard Oberleitner, Georg Endler, Julia Breitenseher, Daniela Prayer, Gregor Kasprian, Florian Kutscha-Lissberg
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4436908
33. Pain and paraesthesia produced by silicone ring and pneumatic tourniquets, A. Mohan, A. Baskaradas, M. Solan and P. Magnussen
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/21131688
34. Blood flow management in hand surgery using the S-MARTTM device: a prospective randomized controlled study, E. Calif a, S. Stahl
35. Silicone ring versus pneumatic versus tourniquet: a comparative quantitative study in healthy individuals, Georgios I. Drosos, Nikolaos I. Stavropoulos, Konstantinos Kazakos, Grigorios Tripsianis. Athanasios Ververidis, Dionisios-Alexandros Verettas
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/20585790
36. Exsanguination of lower limbs in healthy male subjects, Lars Blond, Klaus Kirketerp-Møller, Stig Sonne-Holm and Jan L Madsen
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/11928919
37. Effect of different cuff widths on the motor nerve conduction of the median nerve: an experimental study, Parul Mittal, Shweta Shenoy and Jaspal Sandhu