title: Unusual complication after pelvic surgery: unilateral lower limb crush syndrome and bilateral common peroneal nerve paralysis.
abstract: We present a patient who developed a right anterior leg compartment syndrome and bilateral common peroneal nerve paralysis following radical hysterectomy in the lithotomy position. We describe the physiopathology of the syndrome, its various etiologies, the treatment, and prevention of this complication.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology, Hôpital A. Vesale, Montigny-le-Tilleul, Belgium.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Jacobs
authors.forename: J S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Azagra
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Delauwer
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Bain
authors.forename: J E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Vanderheyden
mesh_terms: D000868:Anterior Compartment Syndrome / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007044:Hysterectomy; D008875:Middle Aged; D010243:Paralysis / Q000209:etiology*; D010543:Peroneal Nerve; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000209:etiology; D011187:Posture; D012206:Rhabdomyolysis / Q000503:physiopathology