Q-5 · Compartment Syndrome · trauma · A–E keys

You commit to fasciotomy of the leg for acute compartment syndrome after a tibial plateau fracture. Which technical failure is the one this Topic warns about most?

• A.Leaving the wounds open initially
• B.Incomplete release of the compartments you intended to decompress
• C.Addressing the fracture after decompression
• D.Skipping pressure measurement when the diagnosis is already clinical