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Fasciotomy or fasciectomy is a surgical procedure where the fascia is cut to relieve tension or pressure in order to treat the resulting loss of circulation to an area of tissue or muscle. [1] Fasciotomy is a limb-saving procedure when used to treat acute compartment syndrome. It is also sometimes used to treat chronic compartment stress syndrome.
a) Fasciotomy and b) Escharotomy in a child with third degree burns. A motorized dermatome is used to make the incisons. An escharotomy is a surgical procedure used to treat full-thickness (third-degree) circumferential burns. In full-thickness burns, both the epidermis and the dermis are destroyed along with sensory nerves in the dermis.
-ectomy : surgical removal (see List of -ectomies). The term 'resection' is also used, especially when referring to a tumor.-opsy : looking at-oscopy : viewing of, normally with a scope-ostomy or -stomy : surgically creating a hole (a new "mouth" or "stoma", from the Greek στόμα (stóma), meaning "body", see List of -ostomies)
A study showed the fasciotomy rate for acute compartment syndrome ranges from 2% to 24%. [19] The key factor in acute compartment syndrome is the time to diagnosis and fasciotomy. [12] A missed or late diagnosis may require limb amputation to survive. [63] [13] After a fasciotomy, some symptoms may be permanent. [13]
Other nonoperative cardiac and vascular diagnostic procedures Circulatory monitoring General physical examination Autopsy (90-91) Microscopic examination. fourth-digit codes: 1 bacterial smear; 2 culture; 3 culture and sensitivity; 4 parasitology; 5 toxicology; 6 cell block and Papanicolaou smear; 9 other microscopic examination
[2] Removal of foreign bodies. [3] [4] [5] Malignancy of sinus. [6] Fracture of maxilla and/or orbital floor. [7] Abnormal growth of mucous membrane of sinus . [8] Dental cyst. [3] For management of hematoma or hemorrhage in the maxillary sinus; To treat fractures involving floor of the orbit or anterior maxillary sinus wall (transantral repair)
The procedure was devised in 1974 by orthopedic surgeon Frank Jobe, a Los Angeles Dodgers team physician who served as a special advisor to the team until his death in 2014. It is named after the first baseball player to undergo the surgery, major league pitcher Tommy John , who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for 26 seasons.
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