Correspondence to Dr Michiel Winkes, Department of Surgery, Máxima Medical Center, P.O. Box 7777, Veldhoven 5500MB, The Netherlands; m.winkes{at}mmc.nl Background Results of surgery for lower leg deep ...

Introduction Endoscopic treatment of intractable chronic exertional compartment syndrome (CECS) of the lower leg in athletes is reported rarely and anecdotically. Methods We developed a minimally ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A 42-year-old man with no past medical history and prescribed no medications presented to the ED with complaints ...

In recent medical practice, one of the most common findings observed in the orthopedic department is of acute compartment syndrome and related disability. The compartment syndrome occurs due to a ...

The gold standard for diagnosing CECS is compartment pressure testing. [21] This involves the insertion of either a large bore needle or a wick catheter into the apparently affected muscular ...

Thigh compartment syndrome is uncommon and may go unrecognized. Signs and symptoms include a history of thigh swelling and/or hematoma and pain after minor injury in a patient who is anticoagulated.