Acute compartment syndrome: Cause, diagnosis, and new viewpoint.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Acute compartment syndrome (ACS) is defined as a clinical entity originated from trauma or other conditions, and remains challenging to diagnose and treat effectively. The review was aim to present the controversy in diagnosing, treating ACS. It was found that there was no criterion about the ACS, and result unnecessary osteotomy. The presence of clinical assessment (5P) always means the necrosis of muscles and was the most serious or irreversible stage of ACS. Besides pressure methods, the threshold of pressure identifying ACS was also controversial.

Methods

Immediate surgical fasciotomy was important to prevent severe suquelae of the ACS. However, there was still controversy about the right time that fasciotomy should be done to avoid irreversible ischemic chang

SUBMITTER: Guo J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6635163 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature