Neagle C E, Schaffer J L, Heppenstall R B
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia.
Surgery. 1991 Sep;110(3):566-9.
Two patients with three postoperative calf compartment syndromes, which followed prolonged lithotomy positioning, will be presented. Potential physiologic mechanisms are described, and a review of current cases in literature are summated.