Iatrogenic Compartment Syndrome Secondary to Burn Dressing in a 2-Year-Old Child

Iatrogenic Compartment Syndrome Secondary to Burn Dressing in a 2-Year-Old Child

We report a severe case of compartment syndrome due to a compressive burn dressing. An otherwise healthy 2-year-old girl presented at her local health center with a superficial partial-thickness thermal burn on the dorsum of the mid phalanx of the second finger of her right hand. A compressive dress...

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Main Authors: Carlos Delgado-Miguel, Antonio Jesus Muñoz-Serrano, Miriam Miguel-Ferrero, Karla Estefanía Rodríguez, María Velayos, Paloma Triana, Mercedes Diaz, Juan Carlos López-Gutiérrez
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Georg Thieme Verlag KG 2019-01-01
Series:European Journal of Pediatric Surgery Reports
Subjects:
compartment syndrome
iatrogenic
compressive dressing
burns
children
Online Access:http://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.1055/s-0039-1698403

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