Acute Atraumatic Bilateral Compartment Syndrome In The leg
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Acute atraumatic bilateral compartment syndrome in the leg.
Case report A 25 year old army recruit presented to casualty complaining of severe, acute onset bilateral leg pain not responding to rest or analgesia. He was undergoing Technical Advance Training (TAB) as a part of a Combat Fitness Test (CFT) and towards the end of the drill he started feeling intense pain in his legs with inability to walk thereafter. He was in agony despite of receiving intr...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of the Royal Army Medical Corps
سال: 2002
ISSN: 0035-8665,2052-0468
DOI: 10.1136/jramc-148-03-09