Gluteal compartment syndrome after total knee arthroplasty with epidural postoperative analgesia.
We describe two patients who developed gluteal compartment syndrome after total knee arthroplasty (TKA) carried out under epidural analgesic infusion and light sedation. To our knowledge, this occurrence has not been described previously after TKA.
Pacheco
R J
RJ
Friarage Hospital, Northallerton, England.
Buckley
S
S
Oxborrow
N J
NJ
Weeber
A C
AC
Allerton
K
K
D000368:Aged; D015360:Analgesia, Epidural; D019645:Arthroplasty, Replacement, Knee; D002081:Buttocks / Q000601:surgery*; D003161:Compartment Syndromes / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D012086:Reoperation; D012307:Risk Factors