Complications After Fasciotomy Revision and Delayed Compartment Release in Combat Patients

E. Ritenour, Amber; C. Dorlac, Warren; Fang, Raymond; Woods, Timothy; H. Jenkins, Donald; Flaherty, Stephen; E. Wade, Charles; B. Holcomb, John

doi:10.1097/ta.0b013e3181607750

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Complications After Fasciotomy Revision and Delayed Compartment Release in Combat Patients

Published in The Journal of Trauma: Injury, Infection, and Critical Care • Feb 1, 2008

Authors:

Amber E. Ritenour

Warren C. Dorlac

Raymond Fang

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Incomplete or delayed fasciotomies are associated with muscle necrosis and death in civilian trauma. Combat explosions severely damage tissue and distort normal anatomy making fasciotomies challenging. Rapid air evacuation may delay treatment of patients with evolving extremity compartme...

Subject

Fasciotomy

Medicine

Amputation

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