His over-anticoagulation was reversed using fresh frozen plasma and vitamin K administration, and he underwent an emergency right thigh fasciotomy based on suspected compartment syndrome.

Early fasciotomy lowers interstitial pressure, allowing perfusion to occur. Early Stage. Early compartment syndrome is present when elevated tissue pressures are present for less than 8 hours.

A case is reported of chronic exertional compartment syndrome treated by fasciotomy. The decompression procedure was complicated by injury to the saphenous nerve. The importance of accurate placement ...

However, imaging revealed swelling of the gluteal muscles, leading to a diagnosis of gluteal compartment syndrome. The patient underwent fasciotomy, which resulted in a prompt improvement of her ...

then the compartment syndrome would have been promptly identified and treated at surgery, and the limb would have been ...

Correspondence to Dr Michiel B Winkes, Department of General Surgery, Máxima Medical Center, Veldhoven, The Netherlands; m.winkes{at}mmc.nl ...