A 28-year-old man is working at an appliance warehouse when a 300-lb washing machine falls off a hydraulic lift and lands on his left leg. It takes several minutes for his co-workers to free him. He is taken to the emergency department, where radiographs

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Answer 1

A. Apply an external fixator and send the patient for an arteriogram

Answer 2

B. Immediate surgical fasciotomy and open reduction and internal fixation

Answer 3

C. Immediate surgical escharotomy

Answer 4

D. Examine every 2 hours overnight and operate if pulses weaken

Answer 5

E. Doppler ultrasound of the left leg

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