Acute compartment syndrome of the legs after colorectal surgery

Colorectal Disease

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 285-287

  Schofield, Philip F ^a   Grace, R H ^a  

^a Department of Surgery ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acute compartment syndrome; Colorectal surgery; Ischaemia; Legs

Indexed keywords

MANNITOL; OXYGEN;

CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COLORECTAL SURGERY; COMPARTMENT SYNDROME; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FASCIOTOMY; HUMAN; HYPERBARIC OXYGEN; LEG ISCHEMIA; LEG MOVEMENT; LEG PAIN; OPERATION DURATION; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PASSIVE MOVEMENT; PATHOGENESIS; PATIENT POSITIONING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ACUTE DISEASE; COLECTOMY; COMPARTMENT SYNDROMES; HUMANS; LEG; POSTURE;

EID: 3242729597     PISSN: 14628910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1463-1318.2004.00642.x     Document Type: Review

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