Fasciotomy: What It Is, Procedure, Risks & Recovery - Cleveland Clinic
网页A fasciotomy is a surgical procedure to cut through the fascia surrounding a group of muscles to relieve pressure. It’s a treatment for acute compartment syndrome, and it’s usually an emergency procedure. Fascia is a tough connective tissue that wraps around your muscles and other body parts.
Fasciotomy - Wikipedia
网页Fasciotomy or fasciectomy is a surgical procedure where the fascia is cut to relieve tension or pressure in order to treat the resulting loss of circulation to an area of tissue or muscle. [1] Fasciotomy is a limb-saving procedure when used to treat acute compartment syndrome .
Fasciotomy - StatPearls - NCBI Bookshelf
网页2023年8月17日 · A fasciotomy is a procedure used to decompress acute compartment syndrome. Most commonly, acute compartment syndrome occurs in the leg and the forearm in the setting of acute trauma. This activity highlights the exact steps needed to perform 2 common fasciotomies.
Fasciotomy Purpose, Procedure, Effectiveness, and Side Effects - Healthline
网页2024年7月29日 · A fasciotomy is a procedure where a surgeon cuts your fascia, a thin sheet of connective tissue supporting muscles, to relieve compartment syndrome.
What to expect with a fasciotomy: Recovery and risks - Medical News Today
网页2024年7月17日 · A fasciotomy is a surgical procedure a person may need if they have a build up of pressure in a muscle compartment. Learn more about a fasciotomy and what to expect.
Lower extremity fasciotomy techniques - UpToDate
网页2023年1月10日 · The indications for and techniques of lower extremity fasciotomy for emergent fasciotomy of the leg, thigh, buttock, and foot will be reviewed here. Alternative techniques for chronic compartment syndromes are briefly discussed.
Fasciotomy: Overview, Preparation, Technique - Medscape
网页A fasciotomy consists of 1 or more fascial incisions and remains the only effective way to treat acute compartment syndrome. The importance of timely evaluation and clinical suspicion...
Surgery for Compartment Syndrome | NYU Langone Health
网页Fasciotomy, a procedure in which the fascia is cut to relieve pressure in the muscle compartment, is used to treat people with acute or chronic compartment syndrome. Before the procedure, doctors administer regional or general anesthesia.
Fasciotomy Wound Management - Compartment Syndrome - NCBI Bookshelf
网页2019年9月3日 · This chapter aims to summarize the available techniques employed in fasciotomy wound closure and to discuss the indications, advantages, disadvantages, and complications of these techniques in a way that readers may find useful and educative.
Fasciotomy for Acute Compartment Syndrome - Medscape
网页2015年8月17日 · The definitive surgical therapy for compartment syndrome (CS) is emergent fasciotomy (compartment release). The goal of decompression is restoration of muscle perfusion within 6 hours.