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Delayed Fasciotomy Is Associated with Higher Risk of Major Amputation in Patients with Acute Limb Ischemia.

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1 Published in 2019 at "Annals of vascular surgery"

DOI: 10.1016/j.avsg.2019.01.028

Abstract: BACKGROUND Compartment syndrome (CS) is a feared complication after revascularization for acute limb ischemia (ALI), and patients often undergo prophylactic 4-compartment fasciotomy at the time of revascularization to avoid developing CS and its associated complications.… read more here.

Keywords: major amputation; delayed fasciotomy; ischemia; fasciotomy ... See more keywords