Both bone forearm fracture open reduction and internal fixation

Abstract

The patient was identified in the preoperative holding area and the extremity was marked. The patient was taken to the operating room and placed supine on the operating table. He/she was given 1 g of Ancef IV. After adequate regional/general anesthesia was obtained, the arm was wrapped with an adequate amount of soft-roll and a tourniquet was placed. The arm was then prepped and draped in the standard sterile surgical fashion. The arm was exsanguinated with an Esmarch bandage and the tourniquet was raised to 100 mmHg greater than systolic pressure.