Surgical management of closed crush injury-induced compartment syndrome after earthquakes in resource-scarce settings

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From the Division of Global Health (IHCAR), Department of Public Health Sciences, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden. Submitted: October 19, 2011, Revised: February 6, 2012, Accepted: February 20, 2012. Published online: June 14, 2012. Supported by the Swedish National Board of Health and Welfare. Part of the findings of this study was presented at a disaster surgery course with Médecins sans Frontières, April 2011, Stockholm. Address for reprints: Johan von Schreeb, PhD, Division of Global Health (IHCAR), Karolinska Institutet, Nobels väg 9, 171 77 Stockholm, Sweden; email: [email protected].