2023年6月26日 · Upper extremity fasciotomy is primarily indicated in the management of acute extremity compartment syndrome (impending or established). Fasciotomies are sometimes used as damage control for a severe trauma.

2024年8月28日 · Hand & Forearm Compartment Syndrome are devastating upper extremity conditions where the osseofascial compartment pressure rises to a level that decreases perfusion to the hand or forearm and may lead to irreversible muscle and neurovascular damage.

2024年7月19日 · Fasciotomy means cutting through your fascia, a tough connective tissue that wraps around your muscles and other body parts. You might need this surgery if you have muscle compartment syndrome. Cutting through the fascia that encloses your muscle compartment releases the severe pressure inside, relieving pain and restoring blood flow.

2019年9月3日 · Early fasciotomy is the standard of care for upper extremity compartment syndrome (UECS) and may prevent the development of irreversible contractures of forearm and hand musculature, a pathology initially described by Volkmann (VOLKMAN Centralblat fur hirurgie 8:801–803, 1881).

2023年8月17日 · A fasciotomy is a procedure used to decompress acute compartment syndrome. Most commonly, acute compartment syndrome occurs in the leg and the forearm in the setting of acute trauma. This activity highlights the exact steps needed to perform 2 common fasciotomies.

2019年9月3日 · Surgical fasciotomy is the only effective treatment, offering an immediate decrease in the compartment pressure and an increase in the volume of the affected muscle compartment through the release of the skin and muscle fascia.

In this section, we focus specifically on upper extremity compartment syndrome, how to perform fasciotomies, and post-operative care. To fully understand compartment syndrome and how to perform fasciotomies, it is important to know the anatomic compartments of the arm.

Fasciotomy of the affected extremity segment in the early stage of the compartment syndrome is the gold standard in treatment of crush injury. Rehabilitation after fasciotomy is extremely important in regaining extremity functions.

2019年9月3日 · Early fasciotomy is the standard of care for upper extremity compartment syndrome (UECS) and may prevent the development of irreversible contractures of forearm and hand musculature, a pathology initially described by Volkmann [1].

2019年9月3日 · Early fasciotomy is the standard of care for upper extremity compartment syndrome (UECS) and may prevent the development of irreversible contractures of forearm and hand musculature, a pathology initially described by Volkmann (VOLKMAN Centralblat fur hirurgie 8:801–803, 1881).