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Acute compartment syndrome of the thigh: case report
1Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Louisiana State University Medical Center, Shreveport 71130-3932.
The Journal of Trauma
|January 1, 1990
Abstract:
Compartment syndrome of the thigh is a recognized, yet uncommon, condition characterized by excessive thigh pain following trauma, especially if accompanied by decreasing neurological function. A case is presented in a patient with a subtrochanteric fracture of the femur due to a gunshot wound. Surgical decompression corrected the problem.