Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A 29-year-old non-smoking man with a BMI of 37 kg/m 2 and history of bipolar disease sustained a right ...
EAGAN, Minn. — Minnesota Vikings linebacker Jordan Hicks required hospitalization when he developed a condition called compartment syndrome following an injury on Sunday. Hicks, 31, had been a ...
To understand chronic compartment syndrome, an overuse injury that typically prompts pain in the calf, it’s helpful to start with a little anatomy lesson. While most of us don’t think of our bodies as ...
Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A 42-year-old man with no past medical history and prescribed no medications presented to the ED with complaints ...
Thigh compartment syndrome is uncommon and may go unrecognized. Signs and symptoms include a history of thigh swelling and/or hematoma and pain after minor injury in a patient who is anticoagulated.
A fasciotomy is a procedure that involves cutting into the fascia, a layer of connective tissue that encases muscles and other tissues. It is done to relieve built-up pressure inside muscle ...