Skip to search formSkip to main contentSkip to account menu

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

Papers overview

Semantic Scholar uses AI to extract papers important to this topic.
2017
2017
Hair tourniquet syndrome (HTS) is a rare, painful condition that results when hair or pieces of thread become wrapped tightly… 
2015
2015
Abstract Hair-thread tourniquet syndrome is defined as the ischemic strangulation of hair resulting in edema and severe pain and… 
2014
2014
Penile hair tourniquet (PHT) is a painless form of penile ischemia, typically seen in toddlers with long-haired mothers, caused… 
2013
2013
Abstract:  Hair‐thread tourniquet syndrome (HTTS) is a rare disorder characterized by the encircling of an appendage by a hair or… 
2009
2009
A 5-month-old boy presented with swelling and discoloration of the right third toe because of hair-thread tourniquet syndrome… 
1999
1999
Sporadic reports have appeared in the literature that call attention to the strangulation of appendages by errant strands of… 
1996
1996
We present eight cases of the hair-thread tourniquet syndrome which affected the toes in 6 cases and presented strangulation of… 
1991
1991
  • S. Beasley
  • 1991
  • Corpus ID: 19609830
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…