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  • Title: MAS trousers improperly applied causing a compartment syndrome in lower-extremity trauma.
    Author: Brotman S, Browner BD, Cox EF.
    Journal: J Trauma; 1982 Jul; 22(7):598-9. PubMed ID: 7097822.
    Abstract:
    A case is presented in which the leg segments of MAS trousers were deflated without deflating the abdominal segment, causing the trousers to act as a venous tourniquet. As a result bleeding and edema secondary to a pertrochanteric hip fracture were aggravated, causing a compartment syndrome in the thigh; fasciotomy became necessary. MAS trousers must be inflated in proper sequence, the leg segments first and then the abdominal portion. In deflation, the order is reversed. Only if this sequence is followed can MAS trousers be used safely.
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