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contracture and degeneration of a muscle due to interference with the circulation from pressure, as by a tight bandage, or from injury or cold.Medical dictionary. 2011.
ischemic contracture — noun : shortening and degeneration of a muscle resulting from deficient blood supply … Useful english dictionary
contracture — Static muscle shortening due to tonic spasm or fibrosis, to loss of muscular balance, the antagonists being paralyzed or to a loss of motion of the adjacent joint. [L. contractura, fr. con traho, to draw together] Dupuytren c. a disease of the… … Medical dictionary
ischemic paralysis — local paralysis due to an impairment of the circulation, as by embolism, thrombosis, or trauma; see also Volkmann contracture, under contracture … Medical dictionary
ischemic muscular atrophy — Volkmann contracture … Medical dictionary
Volkmann's contracture — or Volkmann contracture n ischemic contracture of an extremity and esp. of a hand * * * fibrosis and shortening of muscles due to inadequate blood supply. It is a complication that arises if the blood supply is interrupted by pressure on the… … Medical dictionary
Volkmann contracture — contracture of the fingers and sometimes the wrist after severe injury in or near the elbow or improper use of a tourniquet interferes with the blood supply to the muscles. A similar phenomenon may develop in the lower leg and foot after similar… … Medical dictionary
Volkmann contracture (ischemic paralysis syndrome) etc. — Volk·mann contracture (ischemic paralysis, syndrome), etc. (fōkґmahn) [Richard von Volkmann, German surgeon, 1830–1889] see under contracture, disease, paralysis, and spoon … Medical dictionary
Volkmann's contracture — Infobox Disease Name = PAGENAME Caption = DiseasesDB = 13991 ICD10 = ICD10|T|79|6|t|79 ICD9 = ICDO = OMIM = MedlinePlus = 001221 eMedicineSubj = orthoped eMedicineTopic = 578 MeshName = Volkmann+Contracture MeshNumber = C05.651.180 Volkmann s… … Wikipedia
Volkmann ischemic paralysis — see under contracture … Medical dictionary
Syndrome des loges — Classification et ressources externes Une fasciotomie lors d un syndrome des loges. CIM 10 … Wikipédia en Français
