[Chronic compartment syndrome in the lower leg].
Chronic compartment syndrome (CCS) is characterized by recurrent pain in and functional disability of affected muscles, and is typically encountered in the lower leg. The condition is due to physical activity causing an increased intracompartmental pressure (ICP), which subsequently impedes blood flow and thereby compromises the metabolic demands of the tissues within the compartment. After ceasing of activity the symptoms gradually disappear. The incidence of CCS is uncertain. Diagnosis can be established by measuring the ICP before and after relevant physical activity. Treatment is either restriction in activity or fasciotomy, which in most cases is curative.
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D000818:Animals; D000868:Anterior Compartment Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy; D001696:Biomechanical Phenomena; D002908:Chronic Disease; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D011312:Pressure; D011379:Prognosis