Intraoperative lower extremity compartment pressures in lithotomy- positioned patients

Diseases of the Colon and Rectum

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 678-680

  Chase, Jeffrey ^a   Harford, Francis ^a   Pinzur, Michael S ^a   Zussman, Mark ^a  

^a LOYOLA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Compartment pressure; Compartment syndrome; Lithotomy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLORECTAL SURGERY; COMPARTMENT SYNDROME; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; LEG ISCHEMIA; LITHOTOMY; MALE; PATIENT MONITORING; PATIENT POSITIONING; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

EID: 0034073346     PISSN: 00123706     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02235587     Document Type: Article

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