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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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Review
2019
Review
2019
Current Approach to the Evaluation and Management of Hair-Thread Tourniquets
Abstract Hair-thread tourniquet syndrome is a rare, painful condition that occurs when a strand of hair or thread becomes wrapped… 
2014
2014
Penile hair tourniquet resulting in hypospadias failure
Penile hair tourniquet (PHT) is a painless form of penile ischemia, typically seen in toddlers with long-haired mothers, caused… 
2012
2012
Untangling a web: an unusual case of labial necrosis in an adolescent female.
2011
2011
Hair tourniquet management.
Unwind or incise has been the standard of management for removing hair tourniquets. The hair ends are usually difficult to hold… 
Review
2007
Review
2007
A genital hair tourniquet in a 9-year-old girl.
The hair tourniquet is a well-described phenomenon. Typically, a hair or filament becomes tightly wrapped around an appendage… 
Review
2006
Review
2006
Hair-Thread Tourniquet Syndrome in an Infant With Bony Erosion: A Case Report, Literature Review, and Meta-analysis
Hair-thread tourniquet syndrome is a rare condition where appendages are strangulated by an encircling strand of hair, a thread… 
Review
2005
Review
2005
Hair‐thread tourniquet syndrome
Abstract:  We report a case of hair‐thread tourniquet syndrome involving the labia majora of a 14‐year‐old autistic child. ‘Hair… 
Review
2003
Review
2003
Toe tourniquet syndrome in association with maternal hair loss.
Increased hair loss a few months after delivering an infant is a common postpartum condition known as telogen effluvium. A much… 
1999
1999
Hair tourniquet syndrome of the clitoris.
Sporadic reports have appeared in the literature that call attention to the strangulation of appendages by errant strands of… 
1996
1996
[The hair-thread tourniquet syndrome of the toes and penis].
We present eight cases of the hair-thread tourniquet syndrome which affected the toes in 6 cases and presented strangulation of… 
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