Acute compartment syndrome: How long before muscle necrosis occurs?

Canadian Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 147-154

  Vaillancourt, Christian ^a   Shrier, Ian ^b   Vandal, Alain ^b,c   Falk, Markus ^d   Rossignol, Michel ^b   Vernec, Alan ^b   Somogyi, Dan ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d Inova Q Inc   (Italy)

^e NONE

Author keywords

Compartment syndromes; Musculoskeletal diseases

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARTMENT SYNDROME; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; EMERGENCY WARD; FASCIOTOMY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCLE INJURY; MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; MUSCLE NECROSIS; SURVIVAL;

EID: 18244393160     PISSN: 14818035     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1481803500006837     Document Type: Article

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