Acute compartment syndrome of the lower extremity: an update

Orthopaedics and Trauma

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 433-440

  Tzioupis, Christopher ^a   Cox, George ^a   Giannoudis, Peter V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

compartment; fasciotomies; intracompartment pressure; tibial fractures

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE;

ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COMPARTMENT SYNDROME; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISABILITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; FASCIOTOMY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LABORATORY TEST; LEG; MALPRACTICE; MEASUREMENT; NEAR INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; NERVE BLOCK; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGIONAL ANESTHESIA; SEPSIS; WOUND CLOSURE; WOUND COMPLICATION;

EID: 70949098005     PISSN: 18771327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mporth.2009.09.003     Document Type: Article

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