Acute Compartment Syndromes^[*]

Key words

Compartment syndrome - Fasciotomy - Ischemia

^* Originally published in the A.O./A.S.I.F. Dialogue II (2) 5–8 Dec. 1989. Reprinted here with the permission of the authors and the editor.

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