SAMARPAN PHYSIOTHERAPY CLINIC

COMPARTMENT SYNDROME OF FOREARM

ITS A MOST COMMON COMPLICATION IN ORTHOPEDIC CONDITIONS AND RANGES FROM MILD ISCHEMIA TO SEVERE GANGRENE..

IT IS AN ISCHEMIC NECROSIS OF STRUCTURES CONTAINED WITHIN THE VOLAR COMPARTMENT OF THE FOREARM.

CLINICAL FEATURES : PAIN,TENDERNESS,SWELLING,REDNESS.FINGERS ARE HELD IN FLEXION AND ATTEMPT TO EXTEND THE FINGERS INCREASE THE PAIN.

INCLUDE 6Ps

• PAIN
• PALLOR
• PARAESTHESIA
• PARALYSIS
• PULSELESSNESS
• POSITIVE PASSIVE STRETCH

TREATMENT:SURGICAL TREATMENT AND AFTER THAT PHYSIO TREATMENT IS IMPORTANT.