Compartment syndrome occurs when excessive pressure builds up inside an enclosed muscle space in the body. The condition usually results from bleeding or swelling after an injury. The dangerously high ...

Acute compartment syndrome forces doctors to choose "life or limb." Feb. 26, 2014— -- Two weeks ago, PBS science correspondent Miles O’Brien was on assignment in Japan and The Philippines when he ...

Compartment syndrome happens when pressure in the muscles builds to dangerous levels and decreases blood flow to the affected area. This prevents nutrients and oxygen carried in the blood reaching ...

Inside the leg and arm, many different muscles control the complex motions of the upper and lower limbs. Tough, minimally stretchable tissue known as fascia binds groups of these muscles into ...

Our muscles and organs are divided into compartments held together by connective tissue. Damage to the compartments can cause a condition called compartment syndrome, which can cause painful swelling.

To understand chronic compartment syndrome, an overuse injury that typically prompts pain in the calf, it’s helpful to start with a little anatomy lesson. While most of us don’t think of our bodies as ...

On February 12, he was stacking cases onto a cart after a reporting trip to Japan and the Philippines, and one of them fell on his left forearm. “It hurt, but I wasn’t all ’911’ about it. It was ...

Compartment syndrome is a serious condition that occurs when there’s a large amount of pressure inside a muscle compartment. Compartments are groups of muscle tissue, blood vessels, and nerves in your ...

In recent medical practice, one of the most common findings observed in the orthopedic department is of acute compartment syndrome and related disability. The compartment syndrome occurs due to a ...