Compartment syndrome in tibial fractures

Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma

Volumn 23, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 514-518

  Park, Sangdo ^a,b   Ahn, Jaimo ^a   Gee, Albert O ^a   Kuntz, Andrew F ^a   Esterhai, John L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Age; Compartment syndrome; Fasciotomy; Risk factors; Tibia; Tibial fractures

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL INJURY; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; COMPARTMENT SYNDROME; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAPHYSIS; FASCIOTOMY; FEMALE; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; THORAX INJURY; TIBIA FRACTURE;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; COHORT STUDIES; COMORBIDITY; COMPARTMENT SYNDROMES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; TIBIAL FRACTURES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 68949125144     PISSN: 08905339     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BOT.0b013e3181a2815a     Document Type: Article

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