"Fasciotomy" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Surgical incision on the FASCIA. It is used to decompress compartment pressure (e.g. in COMPARTMENT SYNDROMES; circumferential burns and extremity injuries) or to release contractures (e.g. in DUPUYTREN'S CONTRACTURE).
| Descriptor ID |
D000071938
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| MeSH Number(s) |
E04.321
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Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Fasciotomy".
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Fasciotomy" by people in this website by year, and whether "Fasciotomy" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1995 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 1996 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1997 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1998 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 1999 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2000 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2001 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2003 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 2004 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2005 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2007 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2008 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2009 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2010 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2011 | 3 | 4 | 7 |
| 2012 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 2013 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2014 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 2015 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2016 | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| 2017 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2018 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 2019 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| 2020 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2021 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2022 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Below are the most recent publications written about "Fasciotomy" by people in Profiles.
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Combined Arterial and Venous Lower Extremity Injury. JAMA Surg. 2023 Dec 01; 158(12):1346-1347.
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Botulinum Toxin A for Chronic Exertional Compartment Syndrome Evaluated With Shear Wave Elastography: A Case Report. Clin J Sport Med. 2022 03 01; 32(2):e178-e180.
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Time is domain: factors affecting primary fascial closure after trauma and non-trauma damage control laparotomy (data from the EAST SLEEP-TIME multicenter registry). Eur J Trauma Emerg Surg. 2022 Jun; 48(3):2107-2116.
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Outcomes After Selective Fasciotomy for Revascularization of Nontraumatic Acute Lower Limb Ischemia. Vasc Endovascular Surg. 2022 Jan; 56(1):18-23.
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A dual-sensor ultrasound based method for detecting elevated muscle compartment pressures: A prospective clinical pilot study. Injury. 2021 Aug; 52(8):2166-2172.
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Intra-abdominal hypertension and abdominal compartment syndrome. Curr Probl Surg. 2021 Nov; 58(11):100971.
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A Novel Abdominal Decompression Technique to Treat Compartment Syndrome After Burn Injury. J Surg Res. 2021 04; 260:448-453.
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Acute Exercise Induced Compartment Syndrome in an 22-Year-Old Active-Duty Man and Review of the Literature. Mil Med. 2020 09 18; 185(9-10):e1829-e1832.
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Laparoscopically Assisted DIEP Flap Harvest Minimizes Fascial Incision in Autologous Breast Reconstruction. Plast Reconstr Surg. 2020 09; 146(3):265e-275e.
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The Incidence and Risk Factors Associated With the Need for Fasciotomy in Tibia and Forearm Fractures: An Analysis of the National Trauma Data Bank. J Orthop Trauma. 2020 May; 34(5):e154-e158.