title: [The compartment syndrome with special reference to vascular surgery aspects. A patient sample of the Cologne University Clinic 1981 to 1991].
abstract: The compartment syndrome, a well known complication in traumatized patients, is not taken enough notice of in the literature of vascular surgery despite it's obviously important pathophysiological context. Considering arterial occlusive disease the ischemia as well as the reperfusion can increase the compartmental volume respectively the tissue pressure. The subfascial pressure measurement should not lead to a false certainty, since no critical pressure values exist that can serve as a general criterion for diagnosis and treatment. The "thought about it" may be the first step to a clinical diagnosis and subsequent therapy. Decompression of all four compartments at the lower leg by the technique of Matsen represents the therapy of choice for the compartment syndrome of the lower leg.
authors.affiliation: Chirurgische Universitäts-Klinik und Poliklinik Köln.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gawenda
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Prokop
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Walter
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Erasmi
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000671:Amputation, Surgical; D001157:Arterial Occlusive Diseases / Q000601:surgery*; D001158:Arteries / Q000293:injuries / Q000601:surgery; D002648:Child; D003161:Compartment Syndromes / Q000601:surgery*; D000071938:Fasciotomy; D005260:Female; D006083:Graft Occlusion, Vascular / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007511:Ischemia / Q000601:surgery*; D007866:Leg / Q000098:blood supply*; D007869:Leg Injuries / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000601:surgery*; D014680:Veins / Q000293:injuries / Q000601:surgery
vernacular_title: Das Compartment-Syndrom unter besonderer Berücksichtigung gefässchirurgischer Aspekte. Das Patientengut der Chirurgischen Universitäts-Klinik Köln von 1981 bis 1991.