Delayed presentation of acute compartment syndrome after contusion of the thigh

Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 436-438

  Mithöfer, Kai ^a   Lhowe, David W ^a   Altman, Gregory T ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Compartment syndrome; Contusion; Delayed; Fasciotomy; Lower extremity; Thigh

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; BLEEDING; CASE REPORT; COMPARTMENT SYNDROME; COMPLICATION; DISEASE COURSE; FASCIOTOMY; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LEG INJURY; MALE; MUSCLE PERFUSION; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK; SPORT; THIGH; VASCULAR DISEASE; CONTUSION; INJURY; TIME;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; COMPARTMENT SYNDROMES; CONTUSIONS; HUMANS; MALE; THIGH; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0036068344     PISSN: 08905339     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005131-200207000-00014     Document Type: Article

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