Case report: successful treatment of acute exertional paraspinal compartment syndrome with hyperbaric oxygen therapy

Mathew D Karam; Annunziato Amendola; Sergio Mendoza-Lattes

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Case report: successful treatment of acute exertional paraspinal compartment syndrome with hyperbaric oxygen therapy

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Case report: successful treatment of acute exertional paraspinal compartment syndrome with hyperbaric oxygen therapy

Mathew D Karam, Annunziato Amendola and Sergio Mendoza-Lattes

The Iowa orthopaedic journal, Vol.30, pp.188-190

2010

PMCID: PMC2958295

PMID: 21045996

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Abstract

An NCAA football player developed an acute paraspinal compartment syndrome after a weight-lifting strain. The patient presented with myonecrosis (CK up to 77,400 U/L), and myoglobinuria. Treatment consisted of forced diuresis and six sessions in the hyperbaric oxygen chamber.

Compartment Syndromes - complications

Diuresis

Creatine Kinase - blood

Compartment Syndromes - therapy

Humans

Male

Treatment Outcome

Compartment Syndromes - blood

Young Adult

Low Back Pain - etiology

Myoglobinuria - etiology

Hyperbaric Oxygenation

Physical Exertion

Details

Title: Subtitle: Case report: successful treatment of acute exertional paraspinal compartment syndrome with hyperbaric oxygen therapy
Creators: Mathew D Karam - Department of Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, USA
Annunziato Amendola
Sergio Mendoza-Lattes
Resource Type: Journal article
Publication Details: The Iowa orthopaedic journal, Vol.30, pp.188-190
Publisher: Dept. of Orthopaedics, The University of Iowa; United States
PMID: 21045996
PMCID: PMC2958295
ISSN: 1541-5457
eISSN: 1555-1377
Language: English
Date published: 2010
Academic Unit: Orthopedics and Rehabilitation
Record Identifier: 9984040586402771

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