Lower Extremity Compartment Syndrome after Laparoscopic Radical Hysterectomy: Brief Report of an Unusual Complication of Laparoscopic Positioning Requirements

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• 作者：Barbara Lawrenz ; Bernhard Kraemer ; Diethelm Wallwiener ; Maria Witte ; Tanja Fehm ; Sven Becker
• 关键词：Advances laparoscopy ; Positioning for laparoscopy ; Compartment syndrome ; Forensic issues ; Complications of positioning ; Complications of laparoscopy
• 刊名：Journal of Minimally Invasive Gynecology
• 出版年：2011
• 出版时间：July-August 2011
• 年：2011
• 卷：18
• 期：4
• 页码：531-533
• 全文大小：178 K

文摘

Compartment syndrome of the lower extremities is a clinically and medicolegally potentially devastating complication. Recently, the more widespread use of advanced laparoscopic surgical techniques, dealing with complex gynecologic diseases, including gynecologic malignancies and severe endometriosis, has led to an increasing number of laparoscopic surgeries of long duration (> 4 hours). With only very few case reports published in the gynecologic literature, increased attention is warranted with regard to this clinically insidious complication. We present a case report and review of the existing literature and discuss the main clinical features as well as preventive and therapeutic options.