The new mediacal dictionary. 2014.
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'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 — may refer to: *A.W. Volkmann German physiologist *Elisabeth Volkmann German actress *Richard von Volkmann German surgeon *Volkmann s contracture Disease causing stiffness of the hand *Volkmann s canals Microscopic structures in animal bone … Wikipedia
Volkmann's paralysis — n paralysis (as of the muscles of the hand) associated with Volkmann s contracture … Medical dictionary
Contracture — This article refers to orthopedic contractures; for other types of contractures see the See Also section below. Contracture Classification and external resources ICD 10 M24.5, M62.4, M67.1, M72.0, T … Wikipedia
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
contracture — n. fibrosis of skeletal muscle or connective tissue producing shortening and resulting in deformity of a joint. See also: Dupuytren s contracture, Volkmann s contracture … The new mediacal 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 — Alfred W., German physiologist, 1800–1877. See V. canals, under canal. Richard, German surgeon, 1830–1889. See V. cheilitis, V. contracture, V. spoon … Medical dictionary
