Acute compartment syndrome of the upper extremity in children: Diagnosis, management, and outcomes

Journal of Children's Orthopaedics

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 225-233

  Kanj, Wajdi W ^a   Gunderson, Melissa A ^a   Carrigan, Robert B ^a   Sankar, Wudbhav N ^a  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute compartment syndrome; Children; Fasciotomy; Upper extremity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84878792772     PISSN: 18632521     EISSN: 18632548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11832-013-0492-9     Document Type: Article

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