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Acute Compartment Syndrome of the Hand from a Parrot Bite

Acute compartment syndrome (ACS) of the hand is uncommon, especially secondary to exotic animal bites. In this case, we describe a patient who developed ACS of the hand after being bitten by her pet, an African grey parrot. The patient required emergent fasciotomy that resulted in symptom improvemen...

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Autores principales: Dotson, Marc P, Mullen, Jeff
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6411332/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30891385
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.3845