A rare, but serious complication after varicose vein surgery. The compartment syndrome;Seltene, aber folgenschwere Komplikation der Varizenchirurgie. Das Kompartment-Syndrom

Zentralblatt fur Chirurgie

Volumn 125, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 543-546

  Widmer, M K ^a   Hakki, H ^b   Reber, P U ^b   Kniemeyer, H W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Compartment syndrome; Complication; Reperfusion injury; Varicose vein surgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPARTMENT SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMAN; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VARICOSIS;

ADULT; AGED; COMPARTMENT SYNDROMES; FASCIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; REOPERATION; SAPHENOUS VEIN; VARICOSE VEINS;

EID: 0034041679     PISSN: 0044409X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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