mmc.nl Up to 27 per cent of healthy individuals presenting with exertional leg pain may suffer from CECS ... Placement was judged as accurate (in the TP), suboptimal (in the deep posterior compartment ...

Compartment syndrome most commonly involves the leg and forearm, though it can also affect the hand, foot, shoulder, thigh, and buttock. In the awake and alert patient, the diagnosis is based on ...

He also started felling some numbness in the dorsum of the foot. The pedal pulses were normal. Combining all these findings, we suspected of a leg compartment syndrome. The compartment pressure was ...

Thigh compartment syndrome is uncommon and may go unrecognized ... He complained only of pain on flexion and extension of the left leg. His hematocrit dropped from 27% on admission to 22% after ...

To date, a universal protocol has not been adopted for compartment pressure testing and much debate exists ... the test will help to eliminate other potential coexisting causes of exertional leg pain ...

Anyone with this condition should go to the nearest emergency room. Acute compartment syndrome is usually caused by an impact trauma, such as a bone fracture or severely bruised muscle. The condition ...

Given the absence of dorsalis pedis pulses in bilateral lower extremities and radiological evidence of oedematous changes in calf muscles with perimuscular oedema, a diagnosis of compartment syndrome ...

After the finding of an increased creatine kinase level at 6167 U/l, an MRI scan of the leg was performed, which showed swelling and an abnormal signal of the whole peroneus muscle with no bony ...

Gluteal compartment syndrome is a rare but serious condition that can occur following surgical procedures, particularly when patients are positioned for extended periods. This syndrome arises when ...