The use of a pneumatic intermittent impulse compression device in the treatment of calcaneus fractures

Military Medicine

Volumn 165, Issue 10, 2000, Pages 721-725

  Myerson, M S ^a   Juliano, P J ^a   Koman, J D ^a  

^a Union Memorial Orthopaedics   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CALCANEUS FRACTURE; COMPARTMENT SYNDROME; COMPRESSION THERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDEMA; FOLLOW UP; FOOT DISEASE; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OPEN REDUCTION; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; PUMP; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPLIT THICKNESS SKIN GRAFT; TISSUE NECROSIS; WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 0033745152     PISSN: 00264075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/milmed/165.10.721     Document Type: Article

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