Compartment Syndromes
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Location: http://www.wheelessonline.com/ortho/compartment_syndrome
Description: Wheeless' Textbook of Orthopaedics
compartment syndrome is elevation of interstitial pressure in closed fascial compartment that results in microvascular compromise;
- as duration & magnitude of interstitial pressure increase, myoneural function is impaired & necrosis of soft tissues eventually develops;
Type: Reference Material
Author/Contact: CR Wheeless
Institution: Duke
Primary Subject/Category:
- - OCOSH Classification: Muscular Diseases: Compartment Syndromes
- - Orthopedic Topics: Orthopaedic Complications
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Added: Mon Feb 04 2002
Last Modified: Fri Nov 02 2007