What is the effect of compartment syndrome and fasciotomies on fracture healing in tibial fractures?

Injury

Volumn 42, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1402-1407

  Reverte, Maria Mercedes ^a,b   Dimitriou, Rozalia ^c   Kanakaris, Nikolaos K ^a   Giannoudis, Peter V ^c  

^a LEEDS TEACHING HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI VALL D HEBRON   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Compartment syndrome; Delayed union; Fasciotomies; Fracture healing; Non union

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; COMPARTMENT SYNDROME; FASCIOTOMY; FRACTURE HEALING; FRACTURE NONUNION; HUMAN; LEG; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDARTHROSIS; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TIBIA FRACTURE; TIME;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGE FACTORS; COMPARTMENT SYNDROMES; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; DIAPHYSES; FASCIA; FEMALE; FRACTURE HEALING; FRACTURES, MALUNITED; FRACTURES, UNUNITED; HUMANS; MALE; TIBIAL FRACTURES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 80755146094     PISSN: 00201383     EISSN: 18790267     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.injury.2011.09.007     Document Type: Review

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