Anatomical dissection of the deep posterior compartment and its correlation with clinical reports of chronic compartment syndrome involving the deep posterior compartment

Clinical Anatomy

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 104-111

  Kwiatkowski, Timothy C ^a   Detmer, Don E ^b  

^a CAROLINAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

chronic compartment syndrome; common deep posterior compartment; distal deep posterior compartment; proximal deep posterior compartment; sub compartments

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPARTMENT SYNDROME; CORRELATION FUNCTION; FASCIA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LEG; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL ANATOMY;

ANATOMY, ARTISTIC; CADAVER; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMPARTMENT SYNDROMES; DISSECTION; HUMANS; LEG; MEDICAL ILLUSTRATION;

EID: 0031035452     PISSN: 08973806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2353(1997)10:2<104::AID-CA6>3.0.CO;2-V     Document Type: Article

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