title: Compartmental syndrome due to high velocity missile injury of the calf: use of immediate mesh skin grafting.
abstract: Two patients with high velocity missile injury to the soft tissues of the calf without major fractures are presented. Both of them developed compartmental syndrome and were treated by debridement, fasciotomy, and immediate mesh split thickness skin graft. The mechanisms of such injury and the advantage of immediate skin grafting are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Plastic Surgery, Soroka University Hospital, Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Bibi
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nyska
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Howard
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Dekel
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003161:Compartment Syndromes / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007869:Leg Injuries / Q000150:complications*; D008297:Male; D016038:Skin Transplantation; D014857:Warfare; D014948:Wounds, Gunshot / Q000150:complications*