Complications of arthroscopy of the knee

Knee

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 1-8

  Noble, J ^a   Ilango, B ^b   Obeid, M ^c  

^a HOPE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b TRAFFORD GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c MANCHESTER ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANESTHETIC AGENT;

ACIDOSIS; AIR EMBOLISM; ARTHROSCOPIC SURGERY; BLOOD VESSEL INJURY; COMPARTMENT SYNDROME; EQUIPMENT; FISTULA; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; GRAND MAL SEIZURE; GRANULOMA; HEART ARREST; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEMARTHROSIS; HERNIA; HUMAN; INFECTION; KNEE ARTHROSCOPY; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; LUNG EDEMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NERVE INJURY; PNEUMOPERITONEUM; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SKIN DEFECT; SPINAL ANESTHESIA; SYMPATHETIC DYSTROPHY; THROMBOEMBOLISM; URINE RETENTION;

EID: 0031962286     PISSN: 09680160     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0968-0160(97)00027-6     Document Type: Review

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