"Fasciotomy" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Surgical incision on the FASCIA. It is used to decompress compartment pressure (e.g. in COMPARTMENT SYNDROMES; circumferential burns and extremity injuries) or to release contractures (e.g. in DUPUYTREN'S CONTRACTURE).
| Descriptor ID |
D000071938
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| MeSH Number(s) |
E04.321
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2009 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2011 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2019 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Fasciotomy" by people in Profiles.
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Parzych L, Jo J, Diwan A, Swart E. "Found Down" Compartment Syndrome: Experience from the Front Lines of the Opioid Epidemic. J Bone Joint Surg Am. 2019 Sep 04; 101(17):1569-1574.
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Murray CR, Bluemn EG, Judelson DR, Messina LM. Acute Limb Ischemia in a 26-Year-Old Man Presenting with an Idiopathic Thrombosed Popliteal Artery Aneurysm. Ann Vasc Surg. 2020 Jan; 62:498.e7-498.e10.
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Peponis T, Bohnen JD, Muse S, Fuentes E, van der Wilden GM, Mejaddam A, Alam H, Kaafarani HMA, Fagenholz PJ, King DR, Yeh DD, Velmahos GC, de Moya MA. Interrupted versus continuous fascial closure in patients undergoing emergent laparotomy: A randomized controlled trial. J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2018 09; 85(3):459-465.
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Diaz JJ, Dutton WD, Ott MM, Cullinane DC, Alouidor R, Armen SB, Bilanuik JW, Collier BR, Gunter OL, Jawa R, Jerome R, Kerwin AJ, Kirby JP, Lambert AL, Riordan WP, Wohltmann CD. Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma: a review of the management of the open abdomen--part 2 "Management of the open abdomen". J Trauma. 2011 Aug; 71(2):502-12.
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Davison SP, Parikh PM, Jacobson JM, Iorio ML, Kalan M. A "buttressed mesh" technique for fascial closure in complex abdominal wall reconstruction. Ann Plast Surg. 2009 Mar; 62(3):284-9.
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Reuben SS, Pristas R, Dixon D, Faruqi S, Madabhushi L, Wenner S. The incidence of complex regional pain syndrome after fasciectomy for Dupuytren's contracture: a prospective observational study of four anesthetic techniques. Anesth Analg. 2006 Feb; 102(2):499-503.
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Wagner WH, Yellin AE, Weaver FA, Stain SC, Siegel AE. Acute treatment of penetrating popliteal artery trauma: the importance of soft tissue injury. Ann Vasc Surg. 1994 Nov; 8(6):557-65.