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MeSH Heading: Ischemic Contracture
Tree Number(s): C05.550.323.734; C05.651.180.531; C05.651.197.734; C14.907.303.531
Unique ID: D054061
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D054061
Scope Note: A type of permanent damage to muscles and nerves that results from prolonged lack blood flow to those tissues. It is characterized by shortening and stiffening of the muscles.
Entry Term(s): Contracture, Volkmann; Volkmann Contracture; Volkmann's Ischemic Contracture
Public MeSH Note: 2008; for VOLKMANN CONTRACTURE see COMPARTMENT SYNDROMES 1981-2007; for VOLKMANN CONTRACTURE see VOLKMANN'S CONTRACTURE 1963-1980
History Note: 2008; for VOLKMANN CONTRACTURE use COMPARTMENT SYNDROMES 1963-2007
Date Established: 2008/01/01
Date of Entry: 2007/07/09
Revision Date: 2013/07/09

Allowable Qualifiers: blood (BL)

cerebrospinal fluid (CF)

chemically induced (CI)

classification (CL)

complications (CO)

congenital (CN)

diagnosis (DI)

diagnostic imaging (DG)

diet therapy (DH)

drug therapy (DT)

economics (EC)

embryology (EM)

enzymology (EN)

epidemiology (EP)

ethnology (EH)

etiology (ET)

genetics (GE)

history (HI)

immunology (IM)

metabolism (ME)

microbiology (MI)

mortality (MO)

nursing (NU)

parasitology (PS)

pathology (PA)

physiopathology (PP)

prevention & control (PC)

psychology (PX)

radiotherapy (RT)

rehabilitation (RH)

surgery (SU)

therapy (TH)

urine (UR)

veterinary (VE)

virology (VI)

Concept UI: M0500691
Scope Note: A type of permanent damage to muscles and nerves that results from prolonged lack blood flow to those tissues. It is characterized by shortening and stiffening of the muscles.
Terms: Ischemic Contracture Preferred Term
Term UI T679483
Date08/10/2006
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2008); Contracture, Volkmann
Term UI T679485
Date08/10/2006
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2008); Volkmann Contracture
Term UI T009229
Date05/14/1980
LexicalTag EPO
ThesaurusID UNK (19XX); Volkmann's Ischemic Contracture
Term UI T679484
Date08/10/2006
LexicalTag EPO
ThesaurusID NLM (2008)

Ischemic Contracture MeSH Descriptor Data 2025