Unusual complication after pelvic surgery: unilateral lower limb crush syndrome and bilateral common peroneal nerve paralysis.
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.
Jacobs
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Department of Anesthesiology, Hôpital A. Vesale, Montigny-le-Tilleul, Belgium.
Azagra
J S
JS
Delauwer
M
M
Bain
H
H
Vanderheyden
J E
JE
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