The myriad causes of compartment syndrome and the severe soft tissue findings that are associated with limb trauma make assessment of this condition difficult and the outcome from treatment variable.

These complications can be significant, and potentially limb threatening, and include infection, haemorrhage, damage to neurovascular structures and the development of an acute compartment syndrome ...

Adams-Oliver Syndrome (AOS) is a rare genetic condition characterized by a combination of congenital defects, primarily affecting the skin and limbs. The most common features include aplasia cutis ...

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Clinical examination of the limb is normal. Diagnosis is made by measuring the compartment pressures during exercise ... popliteal artery entrapment syndrome, nerve entrapments and metabolic disorders ...

Incipient compartment syndrome Early period of limb edema in which compartment syndrome is likely to develop. Acute compartment syndrome Early stage Excessive compartment pressure has occurred.