Chronic exertional compartment syndrome of the leg

Current Reviews in Musculoskeletal Medicine

Volumn 3, Issue 1-4, 2010, Pages 32-37

  Tucker, Alicia K ^a  

^a CHRISTIANA CARE HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Chronic leg pain; Compartment syndrome; Fasciotomy; Lower extremity

Indexed keywords

NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

ATHLETE; BLEEDING; BONE SCINTISCANNING; CHRONIC EXERTIONAL COMPARTMENT SYNDROME; COMPARTMENT SYNDROME; COMPRESSION BANDAGE; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CRYOTHERAPY; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FASCIOTOMY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LEG PAIN; LYMPHOCELE; NERVE INJURY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ORTHOSIS; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SURGICAL INFECTION; SYMPTOM;

EID: 77958050187     PISSN: 1935973X     EISSN: 19359748     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12178-010-9065-4     Document Type: Review

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