Perioperative compartment syndrome: A report of four cases

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery

Volumn 78, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 600-602

  Seiler III, John Gray ^a   Valadie III, Arthur L ^a   Drvaric, David M ^a   Frederick, Robert W ^a   Whitesides, Thomas E ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPARTMENT SYNDROME; DEBRIDEMENT; FASCIOTOMY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFUSION PUMP; KNEE CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; LIGAMENT SURGERY; MALE; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOURNIQUET; ULNA FRACTURE; WOUND CARE;

EID: 0029866776     PISSN: 00219355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2106/00004623-199604000-00017     Document Type: Article

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