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Lower leg compartment syndrome following prolonged orthopedic surgery in the lithotomy position -A case report-

Surgical procedures necessitating the prolonged use of the lithotomy position can be associated with neuromuscular dysfunction. Compartment syndrome of the lower leg is a grave complication which, if unrecognized, can lead to either permanent neuromuscular dysfunction or limb loss. We report a case...

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Autores principales: Chung, Jin Hun, Ahn, Ki Ryang, Park, Jin Hyung, Kim, Chun Sook, Kang, Kyu Sik, Yoo, Sie Hyeon, Chung, Ji Won, Kim, Nan Seol, Lee, Seung Jin
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Korean Society of Anesthesiologists 2010
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3030055/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21286459
http://dx.doi.org/10.4097/kjae.2010.59.S.S49
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author Chung, Jin Hun
Ahn, Ki Ryang
Park, Jin Hyung
Kim, Chun Sook
Kang, Kyu Sik
Yoo, Sie Hyeon
Chung, Ji Won
Kim, Nan Seol
Lee, Seung Jin
author_facet Chung, Jin Hun
Ahn, Ki Ryang
Park, Jin Hyung
Kim, Chun Sook
Kang, Kyu Sik
Yoo, Sie Hyeon
Chung, Ji Won
Kim, Nan Seol
Lee, Seung Jin
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description Surgical procedures necessitating the prolonged use of the lithotomy position can be associated with neuromuscular dysfunction. Compartment syndrome of the lower leg is a grave complication which, if unrecognized, can lead to either permanent neuromuscular dysfunction or limb loss. We report a case of compartment syndrome of lower leg that occurred in male patient aged 20 years after 380 minutes arthroscopic surgery in the lithotomy position.
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spelling pubmed-30300552011-01-31 Lower leg compartment syndrome following prolonged orthopedic surgery in the lithotomy position -A case report- Chung, Jin Hun Ahn, Ki Ryang Park, Jin Hyung Kim, Chun Sook Kang, Kyu Sik Yoo, Sie Hyeon Chung, Ji Won Kim, Nan Seol Lee, Seung Jin Korean J Anesthesiol Case Report Surgical procedures necessitating the prolonged use of the lithotomy position can be associated with neuromuscular dysfunction. Compartment syndrome of the lower leg is a grave complication which, if unrecognized, can lead to either permanent neuromuscular dysfunction or limb loss. We report a case of compartment syndrome of lower leg that occurred in male patient aged 20 years after 380 minutes arthroscopic surgery in the lithotomy position. The Korean Society of Anesthesiologists 2010-12 2010-12-31 /pmc/articles/PMC3030055/ /pubmed/21286459 http://dx.doi.org/10.4097/kjae.2010.59.S.S49 Text en Copyright © The Korean Society of Anesthesiologists, 2010 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/), which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
spellingShingle Case Report
Chung, Jin Hun
Ahn, Ki Ryang
Park, Jin Hyung
Kim, Chun Sook
Kang, Kyu Sik
Yoo, Sie Hyeon
Chung, Ji Won
Kim, Nan Seol
Lee, Seung Jin
Lower leg compartment syndrome following prolonged orthopedic surgery in the lithotomy position -A case report-
title Lower leg compartment syndrome following prolonged orthopedic surgery in the lithotomy position -A case report-
title_full Lower leg compartment syndrome following prolonged orthopedic surgery in the lithotomy position -A case report-
title_fullStr Lower leg compartment syndrome following prolonged orthopedic surgery in the lithotomy position -A case report-
title_full_unstemmed Lower leg compartment syndrome following prolonged orthopedic surgery in the lithotomy position -A case report-
title_short Lower leg compartment syndrome following prolonged orthopedic surgery in the lithotomy position -A case report-
title_sort lower leg compartment syndrome following prolonged orthopedic surgery in the lithotomy position -a case report-
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3030055/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21286459
http://dx.doi.org/10.4097/kjae.2010.59.S.S49
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