Regional Analgesia and Acute Compartment Syndrome

Arissa M. Torrie1, Jason C. Brookman1, Ron E. Samet1
1Division of Trauma Anesthesiology, Department of Anesthesiology, R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center, University of Maryland, Baltimore, USA

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