The American Journal of Surgery
Volume 194, Issue 6 , Pages 724-727 , December 2007

Can secondary extremity compartment syndrome be diagnosed earlier?

Presented at the 59th Annual Meeting of the Southwestern Surgical Congress, Rancho Mirage, CA, March 25–29, 2007

Received 23 July 2007 ,Revised 13 August 2007

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PII: S0002-9610(07)00701-5

doi: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2007.08.013

The American Journal of Surgery
Volume 194, Issue 6 , Pages 724-727 , December 2007