Management strategy for compartment syndrome of the upper extremity arising during anticoagulation or thrombolytic therapy: An increasingly common surgical dilemma

Annals of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 308-313

  Newman, Martin I ^a   Kent, K Craig ^b   Clair, Daniel G ^b   Nolan, William B ^b  

^a NEW YORK PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPARIN; TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR; WARFARIN;

AGED; ANTICOAGULATION; ARTERY BYPASS; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; CASE REPORT; CATHETERIZATION; COMPARTMENT SYNDROME; DEATH; FASCIOTOMY; FOREARM; GRAFT OCCLUSION; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; BLOOD LOSS, SURGICAL; COMPARTMENT SYNDROMES; FOREARM; GRAFT OCCLUSION, VASCULAR; HUMANS; MALE; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; THROMBOLYTIC THERAPY; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS;

EID: 0042839275     PISSN: 01487043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.SAP.0000054247.01687.40     Document Type: Article

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