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Gluteal compartment syndrome after total knee arthroplasty with epidural postoperative analgesia
R J Pacheco1, S Buckley, N J Oxborrow
1Friarage Hospital, Northallerton, England.
The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery. British Volume
|July 31, 2001
We describe two patients who developed gluteal compartment syndrome after total knee arthroplasty (TKA) carried out under epidural analgesic infusion and light sedation. To our knowledge, this occurrence has not been described previously after TKA.
We describe two patients who developed gluteal compartment syndrome after total knee arthroplasty (TKA) carried out under epidural analgesic infusion and light sedation. To our knowledge, this occurrence has not been described previously after TKA.