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TIBIAL COMPARTMENT SYNDROME COMPLICATING CLOSED FEMORAL NAILING
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1994
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Epidural Analgesia TechniqueOpen Four-compartment FasciotomyLower Limb TraumaOrthopaedicsCompartment SyndromeSurgical StabilizationSurgeryPain ManagementMedicinePelvic NeurologyOrthopaedic SurgeryAnesthesiology
A case is described of compartment syndrome of the lower leg after closed intramedullary nailing of the tibia in which the diagnosis was delayed because an epidural analgesia technique masked the pain. The syndrome was treated by open four-compartment fasciotomy.