Fasciotomy, chronic venous insufficiency, and the calf muscle pump

Archives of Surgery

Volumn 133, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 1356-1361

  Bermudez, Kenneth ^a   Knudson, M Margaret ^a,b   Morabito, Diane ^a   Kessel, Olivia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b SAN FRANCISCO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD PUMP; BLOOD VESSEL INJURY; CHRONIC VEIN INSUFFICIENCY; COHORT ANALYSIS; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; COMPARTMENT SYNDROME; FASCIOTOMY; FEMALE; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOFT TISSUE INJURY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; CHRONIC DISEASE; FASCIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; VENOUS INSUFFICIENCY;

EID: 0032420774     PISSN: 00040010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archsurg.133.12.1356     Document Type: Article

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