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Conservative treatment for lumbar compartment syndrome shows efficacy over 2-year follow-up: a case report and literature review

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Abstract

Background

Since in all studies of conservative treatment of lumbar compartment syndrome the follow-up duration was less than 6 months, it is difficult to draw firm conclusions.

Purpose

To report a patient with lumbar paraspinal compartment syndrome who was treated conservatively over a follow-up period of 2 years.

Study design

This is a case report of a 23-year-old male college student with lumbar paraspinal compartment syndrome who was treated conservatively.

Methods

We report a case of a 23-year-old male college student with lumbar paraspinal compartment syndrome who was treated conservatively. We repeatedly checked his physical examination, laboratory tests, lumbar compartment pressures, and magnetic resonance imaging, and surgical teams were readily prepared to operate should the patient’s condition worsen. To prevent complications of rhabdomyolysis, hydration and alkalization were performed. We followed him up to 2 years after discharge.

Result

Although the temporal changes on MRI up to the 1-year point, the patient continued to have no symptoms.

Conclusions

Conservative therapy can be recommended if rhabdomyolysis is under control.

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Acknowledgements

I wish to acknowledge Professor Hideki Nagashima, Professor of Faculty of Medicine, University of Tottori, for his helpful advice of the treatment of this case.

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    Haruhisa Kanaya, Makoto Enokida, Shinji Tanishima, Ikuta Hayashi, Atsushi Tanida & Hideki Nagashima

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Kanaya, H., Enokida, M., Tanishima, S. et al. Conservative treatment for lumbar compartment syndrome shows efficacy over 2-year follow-up: a case report and literature review. Arch Orthop Trauma Surg 137, 1233–1238 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00402-017-2732-9

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