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Review

Foot Compartment Syndrome Controversy

Julian G. Lugo-Pico  1   2 , Amiethab Aiyer  1 , Jonathan Kaplan  1   3 , Anish R. Kadakia  1   4
Cyril Mauffrey  1 , David J. Hak  2 , Murphy P. Martin III  3
, editors.
In: Compartment Syndrome: A Guide to Diagnosis and Management [Internet]. Cham (CH): Springer; 2019. Chapter 10.
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Foot Compartment Syndrome Controversy

Julian G. Lugo-Pico et al.
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Excerpt

  1. Foot compartment syndrome is a rare but debilitating condition.

  2. Clinical presentation and evaluation can differ with classically reported signs and symptoms of compartment syndrome in other areas.

  3. Controversy exists in the amount of existing myofascial compartments of the foot.

  4. Multiple surgical approaches have been described for myofascial decompression.

  5. Controversy exists regarding acute versus delayed management of foot compartment syndrome.

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