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Compartments

Authoring team

Forearm compartments and structures at risk:

  • ventral compartment - median and ulnar nerves; radial and ulnar arteries
  • dorsal compartment - posterior interosseous nerve; no major vessels

Lower limb and structures at risk:

  • anterior tibial compartment - deep peroneal nerve; anterior tibial artery
  • superfical posterior compartment - no major nerves or vessels
  • deep posterior compartment - posterior tibial nerves and vessels; peroneal artery
  • peroneal compartment - deep and superfical peroneal nerves

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