Lower limb compartment syndrome as a complication of laparoscopic laser surgery for severe endometriosis

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 92, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 2038.e9-2038.e12

  Tomassetti, Carla ^a   Meuleman, Christel ^a   Vanacker, Bernard ^b   D'Hooghe, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

compartment syndrome; endometriosis; Laparoscopic surgery; postoperative complication; prevention

Indexed keywords

CREATINE KINASE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BELGIUM; CASE REPORT; COMPARTMENT SYNDROME; COMPRESSION GARMENT; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LASER SURGERY; LITHOTOMY POSITION; LOWER LIMB COMPARTMENT SYNDROME; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PATIENT MOBILITY; PATIENT POSITIONING; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUPINE POSITION;

EID: 70749138819     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2009.07.1661     Document Type: Article

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