A snake in the clinical grass: Late compartment syndrome in a child bitten by an adder

British Journal of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 55, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 434-435

  Cawrse, N H ^a   Palmer, J H ^a   Hayes, C ^a   Inglefield, C J ^b  

^a ROYAL DEVON AND EXETER HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b RADCLIFFE INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Compartment syndrome; Envenomation; Fasciotomy; Snakebite

Indexed keywords

SNAKE VENOM;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPARTMENT SYNDROME; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENVENOMATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEG; LIMB SALVAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SNAKEBITE; SOFT TISSUE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; THIGH; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0036038211     PISSN: 00071226     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1054/bjps.2002.3888     Document Type: Article

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