Lower Leg Compartment Syndrome after Appendicectomy

A 10-year-old boy presented with severe left lower leg pain, uncontrolled with increasing analgesia after appendicectomy. A diagnosis of acute compartment syndrome was made after a delayed referral to the orthopaedic service. The patient subsequently underwent an emergency fasciotomy and made a good...

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Autores principales: O'Neill, Shane C., Lui, Darren F., Murphy, Colm, Kiely, Patrick J.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2015
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4338393/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25755900
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/585986
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author O'Neill, Shane C.
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description A 10-year-old boy presented with severe left lower leg pain, uncontrolled with increasing analgesia after appendicectomy. A diagnosis of acute compartment syndrome was made after a delayed referral to the orthopaedic service. The patient subsequently underwent an emergency fasciotomy and made a good functional recovery. To the best of our knowledge this is the first reported case of paediatric lower leg compartment syndrome after appendicectomy in the literature. The case report serves to highlight the importance of maintaining a high index of suspicion for compartment syndrome.
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spelling pubmed-43383932015-03-09 Lower Leg Compartment Syndrome after Appendicectomy O'Neill, Shane C. Lui, Darren F. Murphy, Colm Kiely, Patrick J. Case Rep Orthop Case Report A 10-year-old boy presented with severe left lower leg pain, uncontrolled with increasing analgesia after appendicectomy. A diagnosis of acute compartment syndrome was made after a delayed referral to the orthopaedic service. The patient subsequently underwent an emergency fasciotomy and made a good functional recovery. To the best of our knowledge this is the first reported case of paediatric lower leg compartment syndrome after appendicectomy in the literature. The case report serves to highlight the importance of maintaining a high index of suspicion for compartment syndrome. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2015 2015-02-10 /pmc/articles/PMC4338393/ /pubmed/25755900 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/585986 Text en Copyright © 2015 Shane C. O'Neill et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Lower Leg Compartment Syndrome after Appendicectomy
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title_full_unstemmed Lower Leg Compartment Syndrome after Appendicectomy
title_short Lower Leg Compartment Syndrome after Appendicectomy
title_sort lower leg compartment syndrome after appendicectomy
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4338393/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25755900
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/585986
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