Severe leg compartment syndrome associated with dorsal lithotomy position during radical hysterectomy

Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Research

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 610-612

  Yanazume, Shintaro ^a   Yanazume, Yumi ^a   Iwamoto, Ichiro ^a   Tsuji, Takahiro ^a   Yoshinaga, Mitsuhiro ^a   Douchi, Tsutomu ^a  

^a KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Dorsal lithotomy position; Extended surgery; Intermittent pneumatic compression; Leg compartment syndrome

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPARTMENT SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMITTENT PNEUMATIC COMPRESSION DEVICE; LITHOTOMY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RADICAL HYSTERECTOMY; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ADULT; ANTERIOR COMPARTMENT SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYSTERECTOMY; MYOGLOBINURIA; NERVE COMPRESSION SYNDROMES; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SUPINE POSITION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33750934388     PISSN: 13418076     EISSN: 14470756     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1447-0756.2006.00458.x     Document Type: Article

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