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Risk Factors for Fasciotomy After Revascularization for Acute Lower Limb Ischaemia

Frontiers in Surgery, 2021
Background: Acute lower limb ischaemia (ALI) is a life and limb threatening vascular emergency. Acute compartment syndrome (ACS) may develop upon revascularization.
Emil Karonen, Emil Karonen, Axel Wrede, Axel Wrede, Stefan Acosta, Stefan Acosta   +5 more
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Fasciotomy in compartment syndrome from snakebite

Archives of Plastic Surgery, 2019
Background Local symptoms and signs of snake envenomation mimic the clinical features of compartment syndrome. It is important to measure the intracompartmental pressure to diagnose compartment syndrome.
Yong Hun Kim, Jin-hee Choi, Jiye Kim, Yoon Kyu Chung   +3 more
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Fasciotomy Wound Management [PDF]

Compartment Syndrome, 2019
Surgical fasciotomy is the only effective treatment for compartment syndrome. However, it is associated with complications, including long hospital stay, wound infection and osteomyelitis, need for further surgery for delayed wound closure or skin grafting, scarring, delayed bone healing, pain and nerve injury, permanent muscle weakness, chronic venous
Igoumenou, Vasilios G., Kokkalis, Zinon T., Mavrogenis, Andreas F.   +2 more
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Postoperative rehabilitation of compartment syndrome following fasciotomy

Turkish Journal of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 2023
Compartment syndrome can be defined as an increase in pressure in an anatomical compartment in the body resulting in muscle and nerve damage. Acute compartment syndrome mostly develops after crushing traumas and fractures to the extremities and is a ...
L. Altan
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Risk Factors for Surgical Site Infections Following Fasciotomy in Patients With Acute Compartment Syndrome: A Study on the February 2023 Kahramanmaraş Earthquake

Cureus, 2023
Introduction: Surgical site infections (SSIs) developing after fasciotomy are difficult to treat, costly, and an important source of mortality and morbidity.
Erkan Akgun, A. Emet, Kemal Şibar, Faruk M Çatma, İ. A. Koçyi̇ği̇t, Ali Şahin, Emrah Imat, I. Adiguzel, A. Fırat   +8 more
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Factors Associated With Surgical Site Infections After Fasciotomy in Patients With Compartment Syndrome

Journal of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons. Global research & reviews, 2022
Introduction: Fasciotomy is the standard of care to treat acute compartment syndrome (ACS). Although fasciotomies often prevent serious complications, postoperative complications can be notable.
N. Merchan, Bailey Ingalls, J. Garcia, J. Wixted, T. Rozental, C. Harper, A. Dowlatshahi   +6 more
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Predictors of Positive Outcomes and a Scoring System to Guide Management After Fasciotomy for Chronic Exertional Compartment Syndrome

Orthopaedic Journal of Sports Medicine, 2022
Background: Chronic exertional compartment syndrome (CECS) of the lower limb usually responds well to fasciotomy in patients with failed nonoperative treatment.
C. Trew, C. Kocialkowski, Tom Parsons, T. Barton   +3 more
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Ogden Type I to III tibial tubercle fractures in skeletally immature patients: is routine anterior compartment fasciotomy of the leg indicated?

Journal of Children's Orthopaedics, 2021
Purpose Determine the frequency of compartment syndrome of the leg after displaced, operatively treated modified Ogden I to III tibial tubercle fractures (TTFxs), evaluate the preoperative assessment and use of advanced imaging, and need for prophylactic
Corey Brown, Brian A. Kelly, Kirsten Brouillet, S. Luhmann   +3 more
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Predictors for the need for fasciotomy after arterial vascular trauma of the lower extremity.

Injury, 2021
INTRODUCTION Compartment syndrome of the lower extremity following arterial vascular trauma can cause irreversible damage to muscle as well as nerve tissue leading to long-term functional impairment of the extremity or worse limb loss.
M. Kluckner, A. Gratl, L. Gruber, A. Frech, M. Gummerer, F. Enzmann, S. Wipper, J. Klocker   +7 more
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Efficacy of triple surgery for cavovarus foot in Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease

Journal of the Foot & Ankle, 2021
Objective: To evaluate the efficacy of surgical treatment to correct the main deformities associated with flexible cavovarus foot due to Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease.
Luciene Moré, Noé De Marchi Neto, Ricardo Ferreira   +2 more
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