Uygur Esat, Çarkçi Engin, Ünkar Ethem
aDepartment of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, Erciş State Hospital, Van bDepartment of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, Kartal Yavuz Selim State Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey.
J Pediatr Orthop B. 2017 Mar;26(2):193-194. doi: 10.1097/BPB.0000000000000348.
Hair tourniquet syndrome (HTS) is a rare, painful condition that results when hair or pieces of thread become wrapped tightly around toes, fingers, or other appendages, occluding blood flow and causing strangulation or amputation. Although the aetiology of HTS is unclear, we postulate that washing baby socks in a washing machine without turning them inside out might be a cause. Mothers should be informed about HTS and this simple prevention method should be suggested to them. Here, we present two cases of HTS and discuss possible causes.
毛发束带综合征（HTS）是一种罕见的疼痛性疾病，当毛发或线绳紧紧缠绕在脚趾、手指或其他肢体上，阻碍血液流动并导致绞窄或截肢时就会引发这种疾病。虽然HTS的病因尚不清楚，但我们推测，不将婴儿袜子翻过来就放在洗衣机里清洗可能是一个原因。应该让母亲们了解HTS，并向她们建议这种简单的预防方法。在此，我们介绍两例HTS病例并讨论可能的病因。
