Acute traumatic compartment syndrome: A systematic review of results of fasciotomy

Trauma

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 5-35

  Hayakawa, Heloise ^a   Aldington, Dominic j ^a   Moore, R Andrew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

acute compartment syndrome; fasciotomy; systematic review

Indexed keywords

AMPUTATION; ARM INJURY; ARTICLE; CALCANEUS FRACTURE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPARTMENT SYNDROME; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; FASCIOTOMY; HUMAN; INFRARED RADIATION; LEG INJURY; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; PREVALENCE; RADIUS FRACTURE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; TIBIA FRACTURE; ULNA FRACTURE;

EID: 62249186799     PISSN: 14604086     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1460408608099028     Document Type: Review

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