When we opened his lateral thigh compartment in the operating room, we relieved obvious pressure caused by a large hematoma within the vastus lateralis muscle. The wound was left open initially ...

bburns_2000yahoo.com A rare case is presented of acute anterior compartment syndrome in the thigh of a footballer caused by an acute quadriceps strain, exacerbated by poor first aid and alcohol ...

Often, secondary closure requires the application of a split-thickness skin graft, usually from the thigh ... that caused compartment syndrome. Late stage Extensive muscle and nerve death has ...

Diagnosis is made by measuring the compartment pressures during exercise ... Finally other rarer causes of exercise induced leg pain are discussed, namely muscle hernia, popliteal artery entrapment ...