Epidemiology and Demographics compartment syndrome

Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Mohammadmain Rezazadehsaatlou[2] ;

Overview

Compartment syndrome is a painful problem known as the increased intracompartmental pressure (ICP) within a closed osteofascial compartment.

Epidemiology and Demographics

CS usually develops after severe (such as fractures or crush injury), minor, or even iatrogenic has injuries, and it related mortality rate is almost 50%. Usually the leg and forearm are the most common affected sites, but it can also involves the arm, hand, foot, and buttock. Male are almost 10 times more likely to suffer than female with the mean age of involvement of 30 years and 44 years, respectively. Meanwhile, the closed tibial shaft fracture as the most common cause of CS comprised almost 30% of all cases of CS; and blunt and crushed soft tissue limb trauma while radius ulna shaft fractures are responsible for 25% and 20% of cases, respectively. Also, foot injuries in road traffic accidents account for 6% of CS cases, while this incidence is less common in lower leg injuries.

the prevalence of Abdominal CS ranged from 0.0% to 36.4% and the related mortality rated ranged from 0.0% to 100.0%.