Avoiding, diagnosing and treating well leg compartment syndrome after pelvic surgery.

CONCLUSION: All surgeons who carry out abdominopelvic surgical procedures should be aware of well leg compartment syndrome, and instigate policies within their own institution to reduce the risk of this potentially life-changing complication. PMID: 31304580 [PubMed - in process]

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Source: The British Journal of Surgery - July 19, 2019 Category: Surgery Authors: Gill M, Fligelstone L, Keating J, Jayne DG, Renton S, Shearman CP, Carlson GL, Association of Coloproctology of Great Britain and Ireland, the Vascular Society of Great Britain and Ireland, the British Orthopaedic Association and the British Association o Tags: Br J Surg Source Type: research