Compartment syndrome in the left lower leg following semiradical hysterectomy under general anesthesia combined with epidural anesthesia

Japanese Journal of Anesthesiology

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 496-498

  Tsutsui, Sayako ^a   Hoshi, Takuo ^b   Miyabe, Masayuki ^b   Tanaka, Makoto ^b  

^a NATIONAL DEFENSE MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acute arterial obstruction; Compartment syndrome; Epidural anesthesia

Indexed keywords

FENTANYL; PROPOFOL; ROPIVACAINE; VECURONIUM;

AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPARTMENT SYNDROME; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; FASCIOTOMY; FEMALE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; LABORATORY; LOWER LEG; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

AGED; ANESTHESIA, EPIDURAL; ANESTHESIA, GENERAL; ARTERIAL OCCLUSIVE DISEASES; COMPARTMENT SYNDROMES; FEMALE; FEMORAL ARTERY; HUMANS; HYSTERECTOMY; LEG; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; TIBIAL ARTERIES; UTERINE NEOPLASMS;

EID: 64849088117     PISSN: 00214892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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