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Case Reports
. 2022 Jun 29;5(3):e208.
doi: 10.1097/OI9.0000000000000208. eCollection 2022 Sep.

Novel digital continuous sensor for monitoring of compartment pressure: a case report

Julien Montreuil  1 , Jason Corban  1 , Rudolf Reindl  1 , Edward J Harvey  1 , Mitchell Bernstein  1
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Novel digital continuous sensor for monitoring of compartment pressure: a case report

Julien Montreuil et al. OTA Int. .

Abstract

Case: The American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons has recently identified continuous intracompartmental pressure monitoring as 1 of the few means to assist in ruling out acute compartment syndrome (ACS). There are very few methods that allow this measurement. This manuscript describes the use of a new digital monitoring system for ACS in 3 patients. This minimally invasive device, the MY01 (NXTSENS, Montreal, Canada) is capable of continuously and precisely measuring variations in intracompartmental pressure.

Conclusion: MY01 detected the occurrence of ACS at early-stage and expedited the timing of surgery for 2 patients. This tool also objectively excluded a suspected diagnosis of ACS in a medically comorbid patient, obviating the need for unnecessary fasciotomies and potential complications.

Keywords: acute compartment syndrome; continuous intracompartmental pressure; fasciotomy; pressure monitoring.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors have no conflicts of interest to disclose.

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MY01 cICP wireless device.
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Case 1 - Ipsilateral tibial plateau with open ankle fracture-dislocation.
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Display of cICP for all 3 patients.
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Case 2 - Comminuted trans-olecranon fracture-dislocation.
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Case 2 - High cICP before the urgent fasciotomy.
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Case 3- Fracture dislocation of the ankle in a medically comorbid patient.
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Case 3- Reassuring cICP readings despite concerning clinical picture.
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