Low compartment pressure and myoglobin levels in tibial fractures with suspected acute compartment syndrome

The intense ischemic pain of acute compartment syndrome can be difficult to discriminate from the pain related to an associated fracture. Lacking objective measures, the decision to perform fasciotomy is often...

Source: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders - January 5, 2019 Category: Orthopaedics Authors: Abraham Nilsson, Bj örn Alkner, Patrick Wetterlöv, Stefan Wetterstad, Lars Palm and Jörg Schilcher Tags: Research article Source Type: research