Women with exertional compartment syndrome may have higher recovery rate after fasciotomy

CHICAGO — Results presented here showed female athletes who underwent fasciotomy for exertional compartment syndrome may have a greater likelihood of postoperative recovery and greater symptom resolution compared with male athletes.
Dhruv Sundar Shankar, BS, and colleagues obtained demographic and perioperative data among 47 patients who underwent fasciotomy for exertional compartment syndrome between 2010 and 2020.
“We assessed outcomes by an email survey, including pain frequency, severity, return to sport and Tegner activity level,” Shankar said in his presentation at the

CHICAGO — Results presented here showed female athletes who underwent fasciotomy for exertional compartment syndrome may have a greater likelihood of postoperative recovery and greater symptom resolution compared with male athletes.
Dhruv Sundar Shankar, BS, and colleagues obtained demographic and perioperative data among 47 patients who underwent fasciotomy for exertional compartment syndrome between 2010 and 2020.
“We assessed outcomes by an email survey, including pain frequency, severity, return to sport and Tegner activity level,” Shankar said in his presentation at the