Acute hand compartment syndromes after closed crush: A reappraisal

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 110, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 1232-1239

  Del Piñal, Francisco ^a   Herrero, Francisco ^a   Jado, Emilia ^a   García Bernal, Francisco J ^a   Cerezal, Luis ^a  

^a NONE   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COMPARTMENT SYNDROME; CONTRACTURE; CRUSH TRAUMA; HAND INJURY; HUMAN; MUSCLE STRETCHING; PAIN; PALPATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0036784527     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.prs.0000025183.78057.9b     Document Type: Article

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