Is the return to high-level athletics possible after fasciotomy for a compartment syndrome of the thigh? A case report

American Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 407-410

  Machold, Wolfgang ^a   Muellner, Thomas ^a   Kwasny, Oskar ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPARTMENT SYNDROME; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FASCIOTOMY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THIGH;

EID: 0034130655     PISSN: 03635465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/03635465000280032201     Document Type: Article

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