Postoperatively, the patient immediately complained of pain and swelling of the left lower limb. Laboratory examination showed that serum creatinine kinase was markedly increased and urine myoglobin was positive on postoperative day 1. He was diagnosed with well-leg compartment syndrome and was ...
This will not only reduce the pain and possible loss of function of a patient but also the shock that is experienced after multiple fractures. 3. Coutts (2005a) states that one of the problems with an ORIF is that it is invisible. One needs to look at it as a sort of scaffolding (...