Healio

Use of pressure measure alone insufficient to detect compartment syndrome

Researchers of a recently presented study caution clinicians that reliance on a one-time, intracompartmental pressure measurement alone to diagnose compartment syndrome might lead to a high rate of ...
BMJ Open Sport & Exercise Medicine

Pressure-controlled ultrasound is a novel non-invasive technique for detecting anterior chronic exertional compartment syndrome

Objectives Chronic exertional compartment syndrome (CECS) is traditionally confirmed by intracompartmental pressure (ICP) ...
BMJ

332 Leg compartment pressures in collegiate runners: a comparison of symptomatic and asymptomatic athletes

Background Chronic exertional compartment syndrome (CECS) is an uncommon cause of leg pain in running athletes. Post-exercise compartment pressure measurements are an invasive test that many ...
BMJ

Chronic exertional compartment syndrome

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Hartford Courant

Compartment syndrome can lead to permanent damage if not treated

Our muscles and organs are divided into compartments held together by connective tissue. Damage to the compartments can cause a condition called compartment syndrome, which can cause painful swelling.
Healio

Atraumatic idiopathic compartment syndrome requiring emergent fasciotomy

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 ...