Compartimentsyndroom van onderarm en pols

- The case histories of six patients with a compartment syndrome of forearm and wrist are described. The patients at risk, the clinical symptoms and signs and the diagnostic and therapeutic measures to be taken are discussed. Early recognition and treatment of this syndrome is of the utmost importance in order to prevent serious permanent disabilities. The diagnosis and the decision to perform a fasciotomy in an injured limb can usually be made on the basis of clinical examination alone.