Osteofascial compartment syndrome in the dog

Vet Surg. 1987 Nov-Dec;16(6):427-34. doi: 10.1111/j.1532-950x.1987.tb00982.x.

Abstract

Experimentally induced osteofascial compartment syndrome (OFCS) has been reported in the craniolateral compartment of the canine crus. In this study, anatomic dissections and contrast radiographs were used to describe three additional osteofascial compartments in canine limbs. Experimental OFCS was produced in four different compartments, and caused muscle and nerve pathology in each. When compartment pressures were evaluated in traumatized animals, moderate elevations in compartment pressures were found. A compartment syndrome that developed in one dog was surgically decompressed, returning elevated pressures to a safe level.

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Cat Diseases / diagnostic imaging
  • Cat Diseases / pathology
  • Cat Diseases / physiopathology
  • Cats
  • Compartment Syndromes / diagnostic imaging
  • Compartment Syndromes / pathology
  • Compartment Syndromes / physiopathology
  • Compartment Syndromes / veterinary*
  • Dog Diseases / diagnostic imaging
  • Dog Diseases / pathology*
  • Dog Diseases / physiopathology
  • Dogs
  • Female
  • Male
  • Pressure
  • Radiography