Delivery complicated by postpartum hemorrhage and lower extremity compartment syndrome.
Obstet Gynecol
; 109(2 Pt2): 507-9, 2007 Feb.
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ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
Extremity compartment syndrome is a rare surgical complication in which increased intracompartmental pressure threatens the viability of the muscular and nervous tissue. We report a case of a delivery complicated by postpartum hemorrhage and a lower extremity compartment syndrome. CASE A multigravida in her late 20s was admitted for induction of labor at 41 weeks of gestation. She underwent a cesarean delivery for a nonreassuring fetal heart rate tracing. The delivery was complicated by severe postpartum hemorrhage due to uterine atony, resulting in a cesarean hysterectomy. The patient developed a lower extremity compartment syndrome and underwent an emergent anterior tibial fasciotomy.CONCLUSION:
Extremity compartment syndrome is rarely encountered in obstetric care; however, there may be an association with severe postpartum hemorrhage.
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Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Complicações Pós-Operatórias
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Síndromes Compartimentais
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Hemorragia Pós-Parto
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Histerectomia
Tipo de estudo:
Diagnostic_studies
Limite:
Adult
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Female
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Humans
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Pregnancy
Idioma:
En
Ano de publicação:
2007
Tipo de documento:
Article