Compartment syndrome caused by suction.

Injury

Department of Trauma and Orthopaedics, Royal Gwent Hospital, Cardiff Road, Newport NP20 2UB, UK.

Published: November 2004

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Compartment syndrome is probably underdiagnosed particularly when the mechanism of injury is indirect. This case is unusual in that the syndrome occurred as a consequence of suction injury and illustrates the benefits of early tissue pressure measurement and surgical decompression.

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