{"id":88216,"date":"2021-03-07T05:11:09","date_gmt":"2021-03-07T05:11:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/?p=88216"},"modified":"2023-07-26T06:19:04","modified_gmt":"2023-07-26T06:19:04","slug":"esmarchs-bandage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/esmarchs-bandage\/","title":{"rendered":"Esmarch\u2019s bandage"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A rubber band wrapped round a limb as a tourniquet before a surgical operation and left in place during the operation so as to keep the site free of blood [Described 1869. After Johann Friedrich August von Esmarch (1823-1908), Professor of Surgery at Kiel, Germany.]<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>An extensive rubber bandage is applied around the elevated limb of a patient to encourage blood flow from the blood vessels towards the heart. This process creates a blood-free area, making it easier to perform surgery on the limb.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<div class=\"group w-full text-gray-800 dark:text-gray-100 border-b border-black\/10 dark:border-gray-900\/50 bg-gray-50 dark:bg-[#444654] sm:AIPRM__conversation__response\">\n<div class=\"flex p-4 gap-4 text-base md:gap-6 md:max-w-2xl lg:max-w-[38rem] xl:max-w-3xl md:py-6 lg:px-0 m-auto\">\n<div class=\"relative flex w-[calc(100%-50px)] flex-col gap-1 md:gap-3 lg:w-[calc(100%-115px)]\">\n<div class=\"flex flex-grow flex-col gap-3\">\n<div class=\"min-h-[20px] flex items-start overflow-x-auto whitespace-pre-wrap break-words flex-col gap-4\">\n<div class=\"markdown prose w-full break-words dark:prose-invert light AIPRM__conversation__response\">\n<p>First, the patient is anesthetized, and then the Esmarch&#8217;s bandage is applied, starting from the fingers or toes and moving upwards. Following that, an inflatable tourniquet (a device used to compress blood vessels) is placed on the upper arm or thigh to prevent blood from flowing back into the limb. Afterward, the Esmarch&#8217;s bandage is taken off, while the inflated tourniquet remains in place throughout the surgery.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A rubber band wrapped round a limb as a tourniquet before a surgical operation and left in place during the operation so as to keep the site free of blood [Described 1869. After Johann Friedrich August von Esmarch (1823-1908), Professor of Surgery at Kiel, Germany.] An extensive rubber bandage is applied around the elevated limb [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-88216","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-e"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Esmarch\u2019s bandage - Definition of Esmarch\u2019s bandage<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"A rubber band wrapped round a limb as a tourniquet before a surgical operation and left in place during the operation so as to keep the site free of blood [Described 1869. 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