Compartment pressure in nailed tibial fractures. A threshold of 30 mmHg for decompression gives 29% fasciotomies

Archives of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery

Volumn 118, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 29-31

  Ovre S ^a   Hvaal, K ^a   Holm, I ^b   Stromsoe K ^a   Nordsletten, L ^a   Skjeldal, S ^a  

^a ULLEVÅL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPARTMENT SYNDROME; FASCIOTOMY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFECTION; INTRAMEDULLARY NAILING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCLE NECROSIS; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; PARESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TIBIA SHAFT FRACTURE; TISSUE PRESSURE;

EID: 0032439483     PISSN: 09368051     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004020050305     Document Type: Article

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