Acute compartment syndrome of the foot following an inversion injury of the ankle with disruption of the anterior tibial artery. A case report

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery

Volumn 85, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 528-532

  Dhawan, Aman ^a   Doukas, William C ^a  

^a WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; SULFADIAZINE SILVER;

ADULT; ANKLE SPRAIN; ANTERIOR TIBIAL ARTERY DISRUPTION; ARTERIOGRAPHY; ARTERY DISEASE; ARTERY SURGERY; ARTICLE; BASKETBALL; BLOOD CLOTTING TEST; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPRESSION THERAPY; DEBRIDEMENT; DISEASE COURSE; FASCIOTOMY; FOOT COMPARTMENT SYNDROME; FOOT DISEASE; HOME CARE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REST; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VEIN GRAFT; WOUND CLOSURE; ACUTE DISEASE; ANKLE INJURY; COMPARTMENT SYNDROME; INJURY; TIBIAL ARTERY;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ANKLE INJURIES; BASKETBALL; COMPARTMENT SYNDROMES; HUMANS; MALE; SPRAINS AND STRAINS; TIBIAL ARTERIES;

EID: 0037362677     PISSN: 00219355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2106/00004623-200303000-00022     Document Type: Article

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