Dear Doctors: What is compartment syndrome, and how does it happen? I developed this following an embolism from hip replacement surgery. I had eight days on wound vacuum-assisted closure, plus ...

Thigh compartment syndrome is uncommon and may go unrecognized. Signs and symptoms include a history of thigh swelling and/or hematoma and pain after minor injury in a patient who is anticoagulated.

A 42-year-old man with no past medical history and prescribed no medications presented to the ED with complaints of pain and swelling in his left lower leg during the last 48 hours. The patient ...

Acute compartment syndrome in the limbs is a serious but rare complication of surgical positioning that arises when elevated pressure within a closed muscle compartment compromises tissue perfusion.

A 29-year-old non-smoking man with a BMI of 37 kg/m 2 and history of bipolar disease sustained a right subtrochanteric femur fracture and pseudoaneurysm of his right proximal femoral artery after a ...