Treatment strategy for compartment syndrome at multiple regions due to injuries caused by a tree fall: a case report.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Compartment syndrome commonly occurs in patients with forearm and lower leg fractures. Compartment syndromes of the gluteal and thigh muscles are less common. It is imperative that compartment syndrome be diagnosed and treated with fasciotomy as soon as possible. However, there are few reports on the diagnosis and treatment strategies for compartment syndromes that occur simultaneously in multiple anatomical regions or in the ipsilateral gluteal region and thigh.

Case presentation

We report on a 76-year-old man who was obliquely crushed under a tree extending from the right forearm to the left groin. He was brought to our emergency room, where he was diagnosed with compartment syndrome of the right forearm and left lower leg and crush syndrome. Emergency fasciotom

SUBMITTER: Miura T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11250945 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature