OPERATION: Four-Compartment Fasciotomy of the Lower Leg
ANAESTHETIC: General / spinal anaesthesia
URGENCY: Emergency
POSITION: Supine
INDICATION:
Compartment syndrome [right / left] lower leg. [Cause: trauma / post-reperfusion / crush injury / vascular procedure]. Compartment pressures measured: [values] / clinical diagnosis based on pain on passive stretch, tense compartments, neurological symptoms.