Incipient compartment syndrome of the thigh following total knee arthroplasty

Journal of Arthroplasty

Volumn 12, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 835-838

  Smith, Paul N ^a   Rampersaud, Raja ^a   Rorabeck, Cecil H ^a  

^a LONDON HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Compartment syndrome; Thigh; Total knee arthroplasty

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPARTMENT SYNDROME; CRUSH SYNDROME; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; KNEE FUNCTION; MALE; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT; WEIGHT BEARING;

EID: 0030826333     PISSN: 08835403     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0883-5403(97)90017-6     Document Type: Article

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