Stuart E Boss, Amit Mehta, Charles Maddow, Samuel D Luber
Department of Emergency Medicine, The University of Texas Medical School at Houston, 6431 Fannin, JJL 431, Houston, TX 77030, USA. stuartboss@gmail.com
Emergency medicine clinics of North America 2013 FebMusculoskeletal injury and diseases are common presentations in the Emergency Department. Emergency physicians must be versed in the critical procedural skills necessary to diagnose joint infection, manage fractures and dislocations, and assess for compartment syndrome. Arthrocentesis, splinting, dislocation reduction, and the evaluation of limb compartment syndrome are reviewed. Copyright © 2013 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
Stuart E Boss, Amit Mehta, Charles Maddow, Samuel D Luber. Critical orthopedic skills and procedures. Emergency medicine clinics of North America. 2013 Feb;31(1):261-90
PMID: 23200335
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