Compartment monitoring in tibial fractures: The pressure threshold for decompression

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery - Series B

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 99-104

  McQueen, M M ^a,b   Court Brown, C M ^a,b  

^a ROYAL INFIRMARY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b NHS LOTHIAN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARTMENT SYNDROME; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECOMPRESSION; FASCIOTOMY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT MONITORING; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TIBIA FRACTURE; TISSUE PRESSURE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTERIOR COMPARTMENT SYNDROME; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; FASCIA; FEMALE; FRACTURES, CLOSED; FRACTURES, OPEN; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; PRESSURE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIBIAL FRACTURES;

EID: 0030030010     PISSN: 0301620X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1302/0301-620x.78b1.0780099     Document Type: Article

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