Compartmental syndrome and its relation to the crush syndrome: A spectrum of disease. A review of 11 cases of prolonged limb compression.

Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research
S Mubarak, C A Owen

Abstract

A review of 11 cases of prolonged limb compression usually following drug overdose, revealed a spectrum of disease from isolated compartmental syndromes to full crush syndromes with renal failure. Residual limb contractures were moderate or severe in 80 per cent of the extremities involved. Five of the 11 patients demonstrated significant, systematic manifestations, Stage II or Stage III crush syndrome by our definition. The severity of the systemic manifestations is related to the amount of muscle tissue being subjected to elevated pressure and the length of time this pressure is maintained. Delay in hospitalization, delay in diagnosis, and delay in treatment prolong this period. The diagnosis should be made on the basis of the histroy of prolonged immobilization and the finding of a swollen extremity. Fasciotomy should be performed immediately, both to minimize residual limb contracture and to prevent the crush syndrome from developing secondary to myonecrosis.

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