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1: Vascular. 2004 Jul-Aug;12(4):271-2.Click here to read Links

Thigh compartment syndrome: diagnosis and surgical treatment.

Heidepriem RW, Frey SE, Robinson D, Tapscott WJ, Spence RK.

Department of Surgery, Birmingham Baptist Health System, Inc., Birmingham, AL, USA. robertsue1444@aol.com

Thigh compartment syndrome is uncommon and may go unrecognized. Signs and symptoms include a history of thigh swelling and/or hematoma and pain after minor injury in a patient who is anticoagulated. Surgical approaches to the deep thigh compartments are described.

PMID: 15704323 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]