Sciatic Nerve Injury Secondary to a Gluteal Compartment Syndrome

Gluteal compartment syndrome (GCS) is extremely rare, with a low index of suspicion among physicians, hence, it is highly overlooked. The underdiagnosis can lead to irreversible tissue ischemia and severe neurological deficits. GCS is a surgical emergency and requires immediate surgical intervention...

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Autores principales: Hanandeh, Adel, Shamia, Ahmed A, Ramcharan, Max Murray
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2020
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General Surgery
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7405969/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32775092
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.9012
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description Gluteal compartment syndrome (GCS) is extremely rare, with a low index of suspicion among physicians, hence, it is highly overlooked. The underdiagnosis can lead to irreversible tissue ischemia and severe neurological deficits. GCS is a surgical emergency and requires immediate surgical intervention given its high morbidity and mortality. Based on the limited available literature, multiple etiologies have been postulated including traumatic and nontraumatic causes. This article presents a complex and unusual case of GCS after prolonged immobilization in an IV drug abuser who was subjected to initial missed diagnosis.
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spelling pubmed-74059692020-08-06 Sciatic Nerve Injury Secondary to a Gluteal Compartment Syndrome Hanandeh, Adel Shamia, Ahmed A Ramcharan, Max Murray Cureus General Surgery Gluteal compartment syndrome (GCS) is extremely rare, with a low index of suspicion among physicians, hence, it is highly overlooked. The underdiagnosis can lead to irreversible tissue ischemia and severe neurological deficits. GCS is a surgical emergency and requires immediate surgical intervention given its high morbidity and mortality. Based on the limited available literature, multiple etiologies have been postulated including traumatic and nontraumatic causes. This article presents a complex and unusual case of GCS after prolonged immobilization in an IV drug abuser who was subjected to initial missed diagnosis. Cureus 2020-07-05 /pmc/articles/PMC7405969/ /pubmed/32775092 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.9012 Text en Copyright © 2020, Hanandeh et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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title_short Sciatic Nerve Injury Secondary to a Gluteal Compartment Syndrome
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7405969/
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