Compartmentsyndrome Complications

Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Mohammadmain Rezazadehsaatlou[2] ;

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.