Compartmentsyndrome Complications: Difference between revisions
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* Chronic pain | |||
* Insensate foot Foot and ankle stiffness | |||
* Claw toe deformity | |||
* Hammer toe deformity | |||
* Cavus foot deformity | |||
* Neuropathic pain | |||
* Neuropathic ulceration | |||
Failure to relieve the pressure can result in necrosis of tissue in that compartment, since capillary perfusion will fall leading to increasing hypoxia of those tissues. If left untreated, acute compartment syndrome can lead to more severe conditions including [[rhabdomyolysis]] and [[kidney failure]]. | Failure to relieve the pressure can result in necrosis of tissue in that compartment, since capillary perfusion will fall leading to increasing hypoxia of those tissues. If left untreated, acute compartment syndrome can lead to more severe conditions including [[rhabdomyolysis]] and [[kidney failure]]. | ||
= References = | = References = | ||
Revision as of 15:25, 2 July 2018
Overview
Complication
- Chronic pain
- Insensate foot Foot and ankle stiffness
- Claw toe deformity
- Hammer toe deformity
- Cavus foot deformity
- Neuropathic pain
- Neuropathic ulceration
Failure to relieve the pressure can result in necrosis of tissue in that compartment, since capillary perfusion will fall leading to increasing hypoxia of those tissues. If left untreated, acute compartment syndrome can lead to more severe conditions including rhabdomyolysis and kidney failure.