Compartment Syndrome of the Foot Following Ankle Open Reduction and Internal Fixation - A Case Report
Received Date: Jan 07, 2022 / Accepted Date: Jan 27, 2022 / Published Date: Jan 31, 2022
Abstract
Compartment syndrome of the foot is an extremely rare complication following ankle open reduction and fixation (ORIF). The first clinical manifestations following compartment syndrome include pain out of proportion and on passive stretch. We present a rare case of compartment syndrome following ankle ORIF using general anesthesia and a sciatic nerve block where the patient’s initial complaint was plantar paraesthesia. Pressure testing revealed increased foot osseo-fascial compartment pressures treated with open fasciotomy. To our knowledge this represents the first reported case of compartment syndrome in the foot requiring fasciotomy after ankle open reduction and internal fixation.
Keywords: Internal Fixation; Anesthesia; Fasciotomy; Tomography
Citation: Moniz S, Sobhi S, Ledowski T, Blythe M (2022) Compartment Syndrome of the Foot Following Ankle Open Reduction and Internal Fixation - A Case Report. Clin Res Foot Ankle, 10: 326. Doi: 10.4172/2329-910X.1000326
Copyright: © 2022 Moniz S, et al. 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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