Lower limb compartment syndrome following coronary artery bypass surgery: a rare entity.
Lower limb compartment syndrome following coronary artery bypass surgery is a rare complication that is easily overlooked. Here we report a case of lower limb compartment syndrome that was diagnosed and treated promptly in a 53-year-old man, thereby preventing a potentially lethal outcome.
Al-Sarraf
Nael
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Department of Cardiac Surgery, Chest Disease Hospital, AL-Jabriah, Kuwait. trinityq8@hotmail.com
Al-Shammari
Fahad
F
Vislocky
Ivan
I
Malek
Lamia
L
D000368:Aged; D000868:Anterior Compartment Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass / Q000009:adverse effects*; D004487:Edema / Q000209:etiology; D000071938:Fasciotomy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D035002:Lower Extremity / Q000098:blood supply*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D016896:Treatment Outcome