Iatrogenic Compartment Syndrome Secondary to Burn Dressing in a 2-Year-Old Child

• Main Authors: Carlos Delgado-Miguel (Author), Antonio Jesus Muñoz-Serrano (Author), Miriam Miguel-Ferrero (Author), Karla Estefanía Rodríguez (Author), María Velayos (Author), Paloma Triana (Author), Mercedes Diaz (Author), Juan Carlos López-Gutiérrez (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Georg Thieme Verlag KG, 2019-01-01T00:00:00Z.
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We report a severe case of compartment syndrome due to a compressive burn dressing. An otherwise healthy 2-year-old girl presented at her local health center with a superficial partial-thickness thermal burn on the dorsum of the mid phalanx of the second finger of her right hand. A compressive dress...