Dear Doctors: What is compartment syndrome, and how does it happen? I developed this following an embolism from hip replacement surgery. I had eight days on wound vacuum-assisted closure, plus ...

Thigh compartment syndrome is uncommon and may go unrecognized. Signs and symptoms include a history of thigh swelling and/or hematoma and pain after minor injury in a patient who is anticoagulated.

A 29-year-old non-smoking man with a BMI of 37 kg/m 2 and history of bipolar disease sustained a right subtrochanteric femur fracture and pseudoaneurysm of his right proximal femoral artery after a ...

A 42-year-old man with no past medical history and prescribed no medications presented to the ED with complaints of pain and swelling in his left lower leg during the last 48 hours. The patient ...

Vikings linebacker Jordan Hicks was released from the hospital earlier today, after surgery to repair compartment syndrome in his leg. Hicks suffered the leg injury that triggered runaway swelling in ...

Vikings linebacker Jordan Hicks was taken to Fairview Southdale hospital after Minnesota’s 27-19 win Nov. 12 against the New Orleans Saints and had an emergency surgery to alleviate pressure from a ...