Fasciotomy

A 42-year-old man with no past medical history and prescribed no medications presented to the ED with complaints of pain and swelling in his left lower leg during the last 48 hours.

Credit goes to Donald H. LaLonde, MD, FRCSC, at Dalhousie University in Nova Scotia, who helped debunk the idea that epinephrine is unsafe to use in digits and developed more comfortable methods of local anesthesia.

CHICAGO — Results presented here showed female athletes who underwent fasciotomy for exertional compartment syndrome may have a greater likelihood of postoperative recovery and greater symptom resolution compared with male athletes.

Large randomized controlled trials comparing the treatment of Dupuytren’s contractures by needle fasciotomy and limited fasciectomy are feasible, according to results of a recently published study.

CHICAGO — Patient-reported outcomes improved and there was a high rate of return to sport in patients who underwent lower extremity fasciotomies for chronic exertional compartment syndrome, according to a presenter at the American Orthopaedic Foot and Ankle Society Annual Meeting.

LAS VEGAS — Patients who underwent forearm fasciotomy for treatment of acute compartment syndrome experienced poor outcomes when they had elevated serum creatine kinase, according to results presented at the American Society for Surgery of the Hand Annual Meeting.