Chronic or exertional compartment syndrome ... When the activity is stopped, the pressures dissipate and the symptoms resolve. Compartment syndrome most commonly involves the leg and forearm ...

Indeed, in many cases, if the associated pathology is treated, symptoms of CECS will defervesce and the surgical release of the pressure positive, exertional compartment syndrome can become ...

The compartment musculature appears dusky at surgery, but takes on a healthy appearance within a few minutes of decompressing the fascia. [9] Failure to diagnose the syndrome and manage it ...

Intracompartmental pressure testing is considered the ‘gold standard’ for investigating chronic exertional compartment syndrome (CECS ... It involves getting patients to reproduce their symptoms of ...