J Korean Orthop Assoc.  1987 Apr;22(2):478-480. 10.4055/jkoa.1987.22.2.478.

A Clinical Study on Intracompartmental Pressure of Leg Using Slit Catheter

• Cho TH
• Jung NJ
• Kang CJ

• KMID: 2445656
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.4055/jkoa.1987.22.2.478

Abstract

Intracompartmental pressure of leg was measured by the slit catheter technique in one hundred fifty compartments of one hundred cases; fifty were from healthy young male adults, the others were from tibial fractured patients during three years from March 1983 to Fobruary 1986. The results were as follows; 1. Slit-catheter technique was found as a accurate method for continuous pressure monitoring. 2. The range of normal pressure was from zero to six millimeters of mercury(1.45mmHg±0.85). 3. Tissue pressure was 0-15mmHg(4.03mmHg±1.83) in unaffected side of fractured patients, 4-35mmHg(14.65mmHg±2.05) in affected side of fractured patients.

Keyword

Tissue pressure; Slit-catheter monitoring

MeSH Terms

Adult
Catheters*
Clinical Study*
Humans
Leg*
Male
Methods