Four-compartment fasciotomy of the lower extremity without fibulectomy: a new approach.
A technique for a four-compartment decompression of the leg is described in three patients with return to normal of compartment pressures. The technique involves incision of the interosseous membrane, and the posterior intermuscular septa. No fibulectomy was performed.
D000368:Aged; D003161:Compartment Syndromes / Q000601:surgery*; D000071938:Fasciotomy; D006801:Humans; D007866:Leg / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D008722:Methods; D008875:Middle Aged; D011312:Pressure