Elastic suture (shoelace technique) for fasciotomy closure after treatment of compartmental syndrome associated to tibial fracture

Elastic suture (shoelace technique) for fasciotomy closure after treatment of compartmental syndrome associated to tibial fracture

ABSTRACT This article reports the use of elastic suture as an adjuvant in surgical wound closure caused by decompressive fasciotomy after compartment syndrome associated with a compound fracture of the tibia. Widely used in other medico-surgical specialties, this technique is unusual in orthopedics...

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Main Authors: Paulo Sergio Martins Castelo Branco, Mauricio Cardoso Junior, Isaac Rotbande, José Antonio Fraga Ciraudo, Celso Ricardo Correa de Melo Silva, Paulo Cesar dos Santos Leal
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Ortopedia e Traumatologia
Series:Revista Brasileira de Ortopedia
Subjects:
Fascia/surgery
Fractures, bone
Tibia
Sutures/utilization
Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0102-36162017000100103&lng=en&tlng=en

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