Functional outcome after acute compartment syndrome of the thigh

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery

Volumn 88, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 729-737

  Mithoefer, Kai ^a   Lhowe, David W ^b   Vrahas, Mark S ^b   Altman, Daniel T ^c   Erens, Vanessa ^d   Altman, Gregory T ^c  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c ALLEGHENY GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARTMENT SYNDROME; CONVALESCENCE; DECOMPRESSION; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; EVALUATION; FASCIOTOMY; FEMALE; FEMUR FRACTURE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HAMSTRING; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; MALE; MORBIDITY; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE NECROSIS; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; RARE DISEASE; THIGH; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 33645662657     PISSN: 00219355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2106/JBJS.E.00336     Document Type: Article

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