Compartment syndrome following pelvic surgery in the lithotomy position

Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

Volumn 84, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 170-171

  Dua, R Sascha ^a   Bankes, M J K ^a   Dowd, G S E ^a   Lewis, A A M ^a  

^a 118 Eton Rise ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Compartment syndrome; Inflammatory bowel disease; Lithotomy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANESTHESIA (SENSORY DYSFUNCTION); ARTICLE; BONE STRENGTH; CASE REPORT; COLON RESECTION; COMPARTMENT SYNDROME; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DIVERTICULOSIS; FASCIOTOMY; FIBROSIS; FLEXION CONTRACTURE; HEREDITARY SPHEROCYTOSIS; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; ILEOSTOMY; ILEUM POUCH; LEG PAIN; LITHOTOMY; MALE; PELVIC DISEASE; PELVIS SURGERY; PERITONEUM ADHESION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RECTUM RESECTION; SPLENECTOMY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; ULCERATIVE COLITIS; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

ADULT; COLITIS, ULCERATIVE; COMPARTMENT SYNDROMES; DIVERTICULUM, COLON; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PELVIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; POSTURE; PROCTOCOLECTOMY, RESTORATIVE;

EID: 0036266524     PISSN: 00358843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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