Compartment syndrome: A complication of operations in lithotomy position;DAS KOMPARTMENTSYNDROM: EINE KOMPLIKATION DER STEINSCHNITTLAGERUNG

Urologe - Ausgabe A

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 46-50

  Raum, M R ^a,b   Klotz, T ^a   Heidenreich, A ^a   Engelmann, U ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^b NONE   (Germany)

Author keywords

compartment syndrome; lithotomy position; urological surgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPARTMENT SYNDROME; HUMAN; MALE; PROSTATECTOMY; SEX TRANSFORMATION; UROLOGIC SURGERY;

EID: 0030042943     PISSN: 03402592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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