His lateral thigh compartment pressure was greater than 68 mm Hg, which was indicative of a compartment syndrome. When we opened his lateral thigh compartment in the operating room, we relieved ...

Growing cases of distressing injuries such as fractures and crush injuries are boosting the compartment syndrome treatment ...

In incipient compartment syndrome, the tissue pressure measurements may not be high enough to fulfill the criteria for compartment syndrome, but the patient is at high risk for its development.

Classic use of intracompartmental pressure measurements was established for the diagnosis of acute and not CECSs. In general, the clinical presentation for an acute compartment syndrome is more ...

Intracompartmental pressure testing is considered the ‘gold standard’ for investigating chronic exertional compartment syndrome (CECS) and is the primary investigation used to decide on whether to ...

In a miraculous medical intervention, 21-year-old Arman was rescued from debris and underwent emergency fasciotomy surgery to ...

Holly Vis didn't know if she was going to have a senior cross country season.She had a lot of pain in her leg and in May was diagnosed with compartment syndrome, which is where pressure builds in a ...