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Lower limb compartment syndrome complicating pelvic pouch surgery

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A 10-year-old boy who underwent prolonged pelvic surgery in the Lloyd-Davies position developed a postoperative lower limb compartment syndrome that was successfully treated by urgent fasciotomy. The clinical and aetiological aspects of this increasingly reported complication must be recognised if serious sequelae are to be avoided.

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  1. Department of Paediatric Surgery, Clarendon Wing, Leeds General Infirmary, Belmont Grove, LS2 9NS, Leeds, UK

    M. D. Stringer & P. Sutton

  2. Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Leeds General Infirmary, Belmont Grove, Leads, UK

    J. Cruickshank

  3. Department of Anaesthesia, Leeds General Infirmary, Belmont Grove, Leeds, UK

    P. J. McHugh

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  1. M. D. Stringer
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Stringer, M.D., Sutton, P., Cruickshank, J. et al. Lower limb compartment syndrome complicating pelvic pouch surgery. Pediatr Surg Int 10, 504–505 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00176400

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