Compartment Syndrome of the Gluteus Medius Occurred without Bleeding or Trauma: A Case Report.

Hip Pelvis

Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Busan Paik Hospital, Inje University College of Medicine, Busan, Korea.

Published: December 2015

Compartment syndrome is an ischemic change resulting from an increase in compartment pressure. Initially, patients present with direct tenderness and swelling, and the weak circulation secondary to compartment syndrome can eventually lead to motor and sensory impairment. If the increase in pressure results in neurological impairment, emergency intervention is required to decompress the compartment. Typically, compartment syndrome develops on forearms or lower legs. The gluteal compartment is rarely the location of compartment syndrome and only a few cases have been presented in the literature with trauma or hematoma. We have treated a patient with gluteal compartment syndrome who presented with no history of trauma or hemorrhage and present that case report here.

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