Compartment syndrome of the thigh: A systematic review

Injury

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 133-136

  Ojike, Nwakile I ^a   Roberts, Craig S ^a   Giannoudis, Peter V ^b  

^a University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Compartment; Syndrome; Thigh

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; BLUNT TRAUMA; COMPARTMENT SYNDROME; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FASCIOTOMY; FEMUR FRACTURE; HEAD INJURY; HETEROTOPIC OSSIFICATION; HUMAN; INFECTION COMPLICATION; KIDNEY FAILURE; KIDNEY INJURY; LIMB FRACTURE; MORTALITY; MUSCLE NECROSIS; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SPLIT THICKNESS SKIN GRAFT; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; THIGH; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; WOUND CLOSURE;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; COMPARTMENT SYNDROMES; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; FASCIA; FEMALE; FEMORAL FRACTURES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; THIGH; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 74449085759     PISSN: 00201383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.injury.2009.03.016     Document Type: Review

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