The effect of kneeling during spine surgery on leg intramuscular pressure

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery

Volumn 89, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1941-1947

  Leek, Bryan T ^a   Meyer, R Scott ^a   Wiemann, John M ^a   Cutuk, Adnan ^a   Macias, Brandon R ^a   Hargens, Alan R ^a  

^a UCSD MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY POSTURE; COMPARTMENT SYNDROME; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEG MUSCLE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPINE SURGERY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; ANKLE; BODY WEIGHT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; INSTRUMENTATION; LEG; MONITORING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESSURE TRANSDUCER; RISK FACTOR; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SPINE; VASCULARIZATION; WEIGHT BEARING;

ADULT; ANKLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY WEIGHT; COMPARTMENT SYNDROMES; HUMANS; LOWER EXTREMITY; MALE; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; POSTURE; PRESSURE; PRONE POSITION; RISK FACTORS; SPINE; TRANSDUCERS, PRESSURE; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 35448931149     PISSN: 00219355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2106/JBJS.F.00943     Document Type: Article

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