Gluteal compartment syndrome after total knee arthroplasty with epidural postoperative analgesia

J Bone Joint Surg Br. 2001 Jul;83(5):739-40. doi: 10.1302/0301-620x.83b5.11763.

Abstract

We describe two patients who developed gluteal compartment syndrome after total knee arthroplasty (TKA) carried out under epidural analgesic infusion and light sedation. To our knowledge, this occurrence has not been described previously after TKA.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Analgesia, Epidural*
  • Arthroplasty, Replacement, Knee*
  • Buttocks / surgery*
  • Compartment Syndromes / diagnosis
  • Compartment Syndromes / surgery*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Postoperative Complications / diagnosis
  • Postoperative Complications / surgery*
  • Reoperation
  • Risk Factors