Complications and nonclosure rates of fasciotomy for trauma and related risk factors

World Journal of Surgery

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 247-253

  Velmahos, G C ^a,b   Theodorou, D ^a   Demetriades, D ^a   Chan, L ^a   Berne, T V ^a   Asensio, J ^a   Cornwell III, E E ^a   Beizberg, H ^a   Stewart, B M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARTMENT SYNDROME; FASCIOTOMY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PROPHYLAXIS; RISK FACTOR; SKIN GRAFT; SKIN INCISION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VASCULARIZATION; WOUND CLOSURE;

ADULT; ARM INJURIES; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; FASCIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEG INJURIES; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SKIN; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; TIME FACTORS; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING; WOUNDS, PENETRATING;

EID: 0031053426     PISSN: 03642313     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002689900224     Document Type: Article

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