Conservative treatment of an acute compartment syndrome of the thigh

Archives of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery

Volumn 127, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 269-275

  Riede, Ulf ^a   Schmid, M R ^a   Romero, J ^b  

^a BALGRIST UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^b KLINIK HIRSLANDEN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Blunt trauma; Compartment syndrome; Conservative treatment; Thigh

Indexed keywords

BROMELAIN; ENOXAPARIN; PARACETAMOL;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL INJURY; BLUNT TRAUMA; CASE REPORT; COMPARTMENT SYNDROME; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; JOINT EFFUSION; MALE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PHYSIOTHERAPY; POSTOPERATIVE EDEMA; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPORT INJURY; SURGICAL RISK; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASOUND; WOUND HEALING;

ADOLESCENT; ATHLETIC INJURIES; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; COMPARTMENT SYNDROMES; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEMATOMA; HUMANS; HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE; LEG INJURIES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; SOCCER; SOFT TISSUE INJURIES; THIGH; ULTRASONOGRAPHY; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING;

EID: 34247860813     PISSN: 09368051     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00402-006-0199-1     Document Type: Article

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