Risk factors for compartment syndrome in traumatic brachial artery injuries: An institutional experience in 139 patients

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 67, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1339-1344

  Kim, John Y S ^a   Buck II, Donald W ^b   Forte, Antonio J V ^b   Subramanian, Vairavan S ^a   Birman, Michael V ^a   Schierle, Clark F ^a   Kloeters, Oliver ^a   Mattox, Kenneth L ^a   Wall, Matthew J ^a   Epstein, Michael J ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Arterial injury; Brachial artery; Compartment syndrome; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AMPUTATION; ARTERY INJURY; ARTICLE; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CHILD; COMPARTMENT SYNDROME; FASCIOTOMY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; NERVE INJURY; OPEN FRACTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; WOUND INFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; COMPARTMENT SYNDROMES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; UPPER EXTREMITY;

EID: 73949088937     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: 15298809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TA.0b013e318197b999     Document Type: Article

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