Pathology and diagnostic options of lower limb compartment syndrome

Clinical Hemorheology and Microcirculation

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-8

  Arato E ^a   Kurthy M ^a   Sinay L ^a   Kasza, G ^a   Menyhei, G ^a   Masoud, S ^a   Bertalan, A ^b   Verzar Zs ^b   Kollar L ^a   Roth, E ^a   Jancso G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PÉCS   (Hungary)

^b Baranya County Hospital   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Compartment syndrome; Fasciotomy; Intracompartmental pressure measurement; Oxidative stress; Tissular oxygen saturation

Indexed keywords

DALTEPARIN; HEPARIN; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANTICOAGULATION; ARTERY OCCLUSION; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPARTMENT SYNDROME; DISEASE COURSE; FASCIOTOMY; FEMALE; FEMORAL ARTERY; HUMAN; ILIAC ARTERY; INTRACOMPARTMENTAL PRESSURE; LEG; LEG EDEMA; LEG REVASCULARIZATION; LEG SWELLING; LIMB ISCHEMIA; MALE; MICROCIRCULATION; NEAR INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; OXIDATIVE STRESS; OXYGEN SATURATION; OXYGEN TISSUE LEVEL; PARAMETER; PATHOGENESIS; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; PULSE RATE; RECANALIZATION; REPERFUSION; REVASCULARIZATION; SEX RATIO; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TISSUE OXYGENATION;

AGED; COHORT STUDIES; COMPARTMENT SYNDROMES; FASCIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISCHEMIA; LOWER EXTREMITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OXIDATIVE STRESS;

EID: 58149377626     PISSN: 13860291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/CH-2009-1145     Document Type: Article

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