Invited Commentary: Challenging Surgical Dogma: Should Prophylactic Fasciotomy Become a Thing of the Past?

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Caitlin A Fitzgerald et al. J Am Coll Surg. 2023.

. 2023 May 1;236(5):1044-1045.

doi: 10.1097/XCS.0000000000000654. Epub 2023 Feb 16.

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Comment on

Dispelling Dogma: American Association for Surgery of Trauma Prospective, Multicenter Trial of Index vs Delayed Fasciotomy after Extremity Trauma.
Keating JJ, Klingensmith N, Moren AM, Skarupa DJ, Loria A, Maher Z, Moore SA, Smith MC, Seamon MJ; Fasciotomy Group Investigators. Keating JJ, et al. J Am Coll Surg. 2023 May 1;236(5):1037-1044. doi: 10.1097/XCS.0000000000000612. Epub 2023 Feb 3. J Am Coll Surg. 2023. PMID: 36735489

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