Compartment syndrome occurs when excessive pressure builds up inside an enclosed muscle space in the body. The condition usually results from bleeding or swelling after an injury. The dangerously high ...

EAGAN, Minn. — Minnesota Vikings linebacker Jordan Hicks required hospitalization when he developed a condition called compartment syndrome following an injury on Sunday. Hicks, 31, had been a ...

Inside the leg and arm, many different muscles control the complex motions of the upper and lower limbs. Tough, minimally stretchable tissue known as fascia binds groups of these muscles into ...

Treatment of stress fractures in the primary care setting is based on whether the fracture is in a high- or low-risk site. Low-risk sites include the second through fourth metacarpal shafts, posterior ...

1 Emergency Department, St Vincent’s University Hospital, Dublin, Republic of Ireland 2 Department of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery, St James’s Hospital, Dublin, Republic of Ireland Correspondence to ...

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ENGLEWOOD, COLO. — The scar spreads down the outside of Rahim Moore’s left calf, scaly and black. It’s never narrow, but oh, is the middle part wide. It’s a messy scar, jagged in some places, bulging ...

A fasciotomy is a procedure where a surgeon cuts your fascia to relieve compartment syndrome. Your fascia is a thin sheet of connective tissue surrounding and supporting your muscles. Compartment ...

Thigh compartment syndrome is uncommon and may go unrecognized. Signs and symptoms include a history of thigh swelling and/or hematoma and pain after minor injury in a patient who is anticoagulated.

In recent medical practice, one of the most common findings observed in the orthopedic department is of acute compartment syndrome and related disability. The compartment syndrome occurs due to a ...

Compartment syndrome is a serious medical condition that results from increased pressure within the compartment of the muscles. It is associated with pain and could ultimately lead to the tissue death ...