Bilateral Well Leg Compartment Syndrome as a Complication of Prolonged Lithotomy Position in Abdominoperineal Resection Surgery

Patients undergoing prolonged surgery in a lithotomy position may develop acute lower limb compartment syndrome in the absence of trauma or pre-existing vascular disease, otherwise known as well-leg compartment syndrome (WLCS). Early recognition and management would prevent the potential, lethal com...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Lee, Bing Howe, Wijetunga, Dashishka Thanuranga, Rajasekaran, Chitarth, Eng Su Min, Clarissa, Bin Abd Razak, Hamid Rahmatullah
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2021
Materias:
Urology
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8516595/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34667662
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.17975
_version_ 1784583838765154304
author Lee, Bing Howe
Wijetunga, Dashishka Thanuranga
Rajasekaran, Chitarth
Eng Su Min, Clarissa
Bin Abd Razak, Hamid Rahmatullah
author_facet Lee, Bing Howe
Wijetunga, Dashishka Thanuranga
Rajasekaran, Chitarth
Eng Su Min, Clarissa
Bin Abd Razak, Hamid Rahmatullah
author_sort Lee, Bing Howe
collection PubMed
description Patients undergoing prolonged surgery in a lithotomy position may develop acute lower limb compartment syndrome in the absence of trauma or pre-existing vascular disease, otherwise known as well-leg compartment syndrome (WLCS). Early recognition and management would prevent the potential, lethal complications associated with this condition. We present a case of a 55-year-old gentleman who developed bilateral WLCS after prolonged abdominoperineal resection of his pelvic liposarcoma.
format Online
Article
Text
id pubmed-8516595
institution National Center for Biotechnology Information
language English
publishDate 2021
publisher Cureus
record_format MEDLINE/PubMed
spelling pubmed-85165952021-10-18 Bilateral Well Leg Compartment Syndrome as a Complication of Prolonged Lithotomy Position in Abdominoperineal Resection Surgery Lee, Bing Howe Wijetunga, Dashishka Thanuranga Rajasekaran, Chitarth Eng Su Min, Clarissa Bin Abd Razak, Hamid Rahmatullah Cureus Urology Patients undergoing prolonged surgery in a lithotomy position may develop acute lower limb compartment syndrome in the absence of trauma or pre-existing vascular disease, otherwise known as well-leg compartment syndrome (WLCS). Early recognition and management would prevent the potential, lethal complications associated with this condition. We present a case of a 55-year-old gentleman who developed bilateral WLCS after prolonged abdominoperineal resection of his pelvic liposarcoma. Cureus 2021-09-14 /pmc/articles/PMC8516595/ /pubmed/34667662 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.17975 Text en Copyright © 2021, Lee et al. https://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.
spellingShingle Urology
Lee, Bing Howe
Wijetunga, Dashishka Thanuranga
Rajasekaran, Chitarth
Eng Su Min, Clarissa
Bin Abd Razak, Hamid Rahmatullah
Bilateral Well Leg Compartment Syndrome as a Complication of Prolonged Lithotomy Position in Abdominoperineal Resection Surgery
title Bilateral Well Leg Compartment Syndrome as a Complication of Prolonged Lithotomy Position in Abdominoperineal Resection Surgery
title_full Bilateral Well Leg Compartment Syndrome as a Complication of Prolonged Lithotomy Position in Abdominoperineal Resection Surgery
title_fullStr Bilateral Well Leg Compartment Syndrome as a Complication of Prolonged Lithotomy Position in Abdominoperineal Resection Surgery
title_full_unstemmed Bilateral Well Leg Compartment Syndrome as a Complication of Prolonged Lithotomy Position in Abdominoperineal Resection Surgery
title_short Bilateral Well Leg Compartment Syndrome as a Complication of Prolonged Lithotomy Position in Abdominoperineal Resection Surgery
title_sort bilateral well leg compartment syndrome as a complication of prolonged lithotomy position in abdominoperineal resection surgery
topic Urology
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8516595/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34667662
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.17975
work_keys_str_mv AT leebinghowe bilateralwelllegcompartmentsyndromeasacomplicationofprolongedlithotomypositioninabdominoperinealresectionsurgery
AT wijetungadashishkathanuranga bilateralwelllegcompartmentsyndromeasacomplicationofprolongedlithotomypositioninabdominoperinealresectionsurgery
AT rajasekaranchitarth bilateralwelllegcompartmentsyndromeasacomplicationofprolongedlithotomypositioninabdominoperinealresectionsurgery
AT engsuminclarissa bilateralwelllegcompartmentsyndromeasacomplicationofprolongedlithotomypositioninabdominoperinealresectionsurgery
AT binabdrazakhamidrahmatullah bilateralwelllegcompartmentsyndromeasacomplicationofprolongedlithotomypositioninabdominoperinealresectionsurgery

Ejemplares similares