The effect of knee-spanning external fixation on compartment pressures in the leg

Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma

Volumn 22, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 680-685

  Egol, Kenneth A ^a   Bazzi, Jamal ^a   McLaurin, Toni M ^a   Tejwani, Nirmal C ^a  

^a NYU HOSPITAL FOR JOINT DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

Compartment syndrome; External fixation; Knee; Spanning; Tibia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; FASCIOTOMY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE EXTERNAL FIXATION; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; KNEE DISLOCATION; KNEE FRACTURE; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; PATIENT MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; EXTERNAL FIXATOR; FRACTURE FIXATION; INSTRUMENTATION; KNEE; KNEE INJURY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRESSURE; TIBIA FRACTURE;

ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; EXTERNAL FIXATORS; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION; HUMANS; KNEE INJURIES; KNEE JOINT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRESSURE; TIBIAL FRACTURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 59049097135     PISSN: 08905339     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BOT.0b013e31818afbdb     Document Type: Article

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