Soft tissue complications of orthopedic emergencies
- PMID: 10678162
- DOI: 10.1016/s0733-8627(05)70110-3
Soft tissue complications of orthopedic emergencies
Abstract
The emergency physician encounters a diversity of potentially devastating and disabling soft tissue maladies. This article reviews the literature and approach to the compartment syndrome and Volkmann contracture, reflex sympathetic dystrophy and causalgia, fracture blisters, and gas gangrene.
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