PROLONGED EXTERNAL PRESSURE AS A CAUSE OF ISCHAEMIC CONTRACTURE

1 February 1971

journal article
Published by British Editorial Society of Bone & Joint Surgery in The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery. British volume

Vol. 53-B (1) , 118-122
https://doi.org/10.1302/0301-620x.53b1.118

Abstract

1. Six patients are reported in whom ischaemic muscle contractures followed prolonged external pressure. 2. Systemic hypoxaemia may be a predisposing factor in patients with overdoses of central nervous system depressants. 3. If treatment is to be successful, early diagnosis is required, and the most important factor is an awareness of the condition. 4. The treatment of the late case is discussed.

Keywords

TREATMENT
ISCHAEMIC CONTRACTURE
LATE CASE
CENTRAL NERVOUS
SYSTEMIC HYPOXAEMIA
SYSTEM DEPRESSANTS.3
EXTERNAL PRESSURE.2

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