TY - JOUR
T1 - Acute compartment syndrome
T2 - A promising future for its diagnosis and management
AU - Schmidt, Andrew
PY - 2012/3/1
Y1 - 2012/3/1
N2 - Compartment syndrome remains a diagnosis that is far more easily to exclude than to confirm. As described in this volume, there are a host of new technologies for monitoring tissue perfusion and physiology that may soon provide a reliable means to diagnose compartment syndrome in its early stages, obviating the need for prophylactic fasciotomy. In the not-to-distant future, compartment should become far more simple to diagnose and treat, avoiding the morbidity commonly associated with this entity today.
AB - Compartment syndrome remains a diagnosis that is far more easily to exclude than to confirm. As described in this volume, there are a host of new technologies for monitoring tissue perfusion and physiology that may soon provide a reliable means to diagnose compartment syndrome in its early stages, obviating the need for prophylactic fasciotomy. In the not-to-distant future, compartment should become far more simple to diagnose and treat, avoiding the morbidity commonly associated with this entity today.
KW - compartment syndrome
KW - muscle perfusion
KW - near-infrared spectroscopy
KW - oximetery
KW - tissue ultrafiltration
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U2 - 10.1097/BTO.0b013e31824b0ddb
DO - 10.1097/BTO.0b013e31824b0ddb
M3 - Review article
AN - SCOPUS:84858139941
SN - 0885-9698
VL - 27
SP - 79
EP - 80
JO - Techniques in Orthopaedics
JF - Techniques in Orthopaedics
IS - 1
ER -