Compartmentsyndrome Complications
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.