We present 5 cases of compartment syndromes which we recently treated during the period from July to November 1988.
Three cases out of five were acute compartment syndromes of the lower legs. The last case was a chronic compartment syndrome of the lower leg, and the fourth was a flexor compartment syndrome of the upper arm which, we believe, was conspicuously rare.
The diagnosis was determined by tissue pressure measurements and clinical symptoms, such as neurological symptoms, circulation disturbance, increasing pain, and swelling. Also, as a mean of supporting diagnosis, muscular pressure measurements was conducted in accordance with the needle manometer by Whitesides et al. Finally, fasciotomy was performed in all cases.
We report here the above five cases about the compartment sydromes with our literatural comments which we have studied these days.
