The acute compartment syndrome following fractures of the lower leg in children

Injury

Volumn 43, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1743-1746

  Ferlic, Peter W ^a   Singer, Georg ^a   Kraus, Tanja ^a   Eberl, Robert ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

Children; Compartment syndrome; Fracture; Lower leg

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD INJURY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARTMENT SYNDROME; FASCIOTOMY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INJURY; LEG FRACTURE; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ANTERIOR COMPARTMENT SYNDROME; CHILD; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; FASCIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; LOWER EXTREMITY; MALE; PAIN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOFT TISSUE INJURIES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84865463009     PISSN: 00201383     EISSN: 18790267     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.injury.2012.06.025     Document Type: Article

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