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Compartment Syndrome Of The Thigh (Visit this link)
Wheeless' Textbook of Orthopaedics - compartment syndrome is uncommon in thigh because of large-volume that the thigh requires to cause a pathological increase in interstitial pressure; - fascial compartments of thigh blend anatomically w/ muscles of hip,potentially allowing extravasation of blood outside compartment; - compartment syndrome may be caused by a decrease in compartmental volume, increase in compartmental contents, or externally pressure;
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