TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Compartment Syndrome A1 - Ebraheim, Nabil A. A1 - Yatsonsky, David A2 - Nazzal, Munier A2 - Blebea, John A2 - Osman, Mohamed F. PY - 2024 T2 - Vascular and Endovascular Surgery: Clinical Diagnosis and Management AB - Compartment syndrome (CS) has been identified as a disease state since 1881 by German surgeon Richard Von Volkmann.1 However, the potential harm of increased intra-compartmental pressure was first observed by Hippocrates in 400 BC. Volkmann noted paralysis and contracture and suggested that it came simultaneously because of an interruption to the blood supply of the affected muscles.1,2 The first surgeon to reproduce ischemic contracture was Paul Jepson in 1924 while working at the Mayo Foundation.1 He demonstrated that prompt surgical decompression could prevent these contractures.1 SN - PB - McGraw Hill CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/03/28 UR - accesssurgery.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1200679508 ER -