Hair Tourniquet

Known as: Hair-Thread Tourniquet Syndrome

A condition in which a hair or thread becomes wrapped around a digit obstructing blood flow.

National Institutes of Health

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2017

Hair tourniquet syndrome (HTS) is a rare, painful condition that results when hair or pieces of thread become wrapped tightly…

2015

Abstract Hair-thread tourniquet syndrome is defined as the ischemic strangulation of hair resulting in edema and severe pain and…

2014

Penile hair tourniquet (PHT) is a painless form of penile ischemia, typically seen in toddlers with long-haired mothers, caused…

2013

Abstract: Hair‐thread tourniquet syndrome (HTTS) is a rare disorder characterized by the encircling of an appendage by a hair or…

2012

2009

A 5-month-old boy presented with swelling and discoloration of the right third toe because of hair-thread tourniquet syndrome…

2002

1999

Sporadic reports have appeared in the literature that call attention to the strangulation of appendages by errant strands of…

1996

We present eight cases of the hair-thread tourniquet syndrome which affected the toes in 6 cases and presented strangulation of…

1991

A case of strangulation of the clitoris in an 8-year-old girl caused by a tight ring of cotton fluff is described. The condition…