background: a rare and devastating complication following anterior cruciate ligament (acl) revision reconstruction is femoral fracture.    case presentation: a 35-year old male soccer player with a history of acl tear from the previous year ago, who underwent arthroscopic acl reconstruction and functioned well until another similar injury caused acl re-rupture. revision of acl reconstruction wa...

The authors report a case of acute compartment syndrome in the thigh in a 19-year-old man with multiple injuries including fracture of the femoral diaphysis. Decompressive fasciotomy was performed emergently. Complete progressive closure of the wound without split-thickness skin grafting was achieved using a modified shoelace technique: sutures were run inside wide drains placed in contact with...

Background Treatment of neglected or relapsed clubfeet in older children is a challenging task. Particularly in developing countries, limited resources and difficulties in getting frequent follow-ups make selection of appropriate surgical procedures more difficult. These difficulties led to the evolution of a new single-stage surgicalprocedure consisting of percutaneous Achilles tenotomy, plant...

Some common overuse injuries, such as Achilles tendinopathy and plantar fasciitis (or fasciopathy), can be refractory to treatment. When standard treatment options fail, operative intervention often becomes the treatment of last resort. Recently, newer technologies have been developed and refined, and can provide potential benefits for these conditions using noninvasive and minimally invasive a...

Compartment syndrome is a rare complication of total knee replacement (TKR) surgery that needs prompt diagnosis and treatment as it may be associated with high morbidity and mortality. We have found very few reports in the literature describing compartment syndrome after TKRs and therefore, present a relevant case which occurred in the immediate postoperative phase and was treated with fascioto...

A review of the literature is presented, including data on incidence, pathophysiology, and clinical picture patients with chronic compartment syndrome (CCS) lower extremities. Chronic exercise (CECS) characterized by pain repetitive exertion increased intracompartmental pressure affecting extremities in physically active patients. In severe venous insufficiency extremities, (CVCS) develops, whi...

This article reports the use of elastic suture as an adjuvant in surgical wound closure caused by decompressive fasciotomy after compartment syndrome associated with a compound fracture of the tibia. Widely used in other medico-surgical specialties, this technique is unusual in orthopedics surgery, but the simplicity of the procedure and the successful outcome observed in this case allows for i...