J.Jpn. Surg. Soc.
ISSN 1880-1129

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J.Jpn. Surg. Soc.. 95(6): 415-418, 1994

Case report

A CASE REPORT OF LEFT LIMB COMPARTMENT SYNDROME ASSOCIATED WITH LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY

1) Department of Surgery, School of Medicine, Keio University, Tokyo, Japan
2) Department of Orthopedics, School of Medicine, Keio University, Tokyo, Japan

Suguru Kase1), Masahiro Ogami1), Masahiro Orii1), Masaki Kitajima1), Norio Usami2), Suguru Inokuchi2)

A 63-year-old male patient with early gastric cancer was attempted for laparoscopic wedge resection of the stomach. After the introduction of anesthesia, bandage of bilateral leg was carried out to prevent deep venous thrombosis during laparoscopic surgery. Although the procedure was converted to open surgery, the bandage has been continued throughout the surgery for 6 hours. After the operation, the swelling and severe tenderness at his left leg was observed. MRI revealed remarkable edema in left deep posterior compartment. Under diagnosis of left limb compartment syndrome, fasciotomy was carried out. Postopertively the patient did well without any functional disturbance.

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