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Lower extremity compartment syndrome in the acute care surgery paradigm: safety lessons learned

BACKGROUND: Prompt diagnosis and decompression of acute lower extremity compartment syndrome (LECS) in the multisystem injured patient is essential to avoid the devastating complications of progressive tissue necrosis and amputation. Despite collaborative trauma and orthopedic management of these di...

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Autores principales: Kashuk, Jeffry L, Moore, Ernest E, Pinski, Sarah, Johnson, Jeffrey L, Moore, John B, Morgan, Steven, Cothren, Clay C, Smith, Wade
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2009
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2704180/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19527510
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1754-9493-3-11

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