Well-leg compartment syndrome

Lancet

Volumn 354, Issue 9183, 1999, Pages 970-

  Heppenstall, Bruce ^a   Tan, Virak ^a  

^a HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY POSITION; COMPARTMENT SYNDROME; HUMAN; LEG; LIMB PERFUSION; LITHOTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; SHORT SURVEY;

EID: 0344172549     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(98)00409-7     Document Type: Note

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