Current Problems in Surgery
Volume 46, Issue 10 , Pages 779-839 , October 2009

Fasciotomy

  • Christopher J. Dente, MD

      Affiliations

    • Assistant Professor of Surgery, Emory University School of Medicine, Associate Director of Trauma, Grady Memorial Hospital, Atlanta, Georgia
    • ,
  • Amy D. Wyrzykowski, MD

      Affiliations

    • Assistant Professor of Surgery, Emory University School of Medicine, Associate Director of Surgical Critical Care, Grady Memorial Hospital, Atlanta, Georgia
    • ,
  • David V. Feliciano, MD

      Affiliations

    • Professor of Surgery, Emory University School of Medicine, Surgeon-in-Chief, Grady Memorial Hospital, Atlanta, Georgia

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doi: 10.1067/j.cpsurg.2009.04.006

Current Problems in Surgery
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