The deep posterior compartment is a sheath containing muscles in the lower leg that lies just behind the tibia bone. Compartment syndromes arise when a muscle becomes too big for the sheath that ...

The vastus lateralis muscle is reflected superiorly and medially to expose the lateral intermuscular septum, which is incised for the length of the incision, thus freeing the posterior compartment.

The general aim was to study several aspects of diagnosis and treatment of chronic exertional compartment syndrome of the deep posterior lower leg (dp-CECS) and to identify possible causes for poor ...

Lecture 8 This paper discusses the common causes of exercise induced lower leg pain, including chronic compartment syndrome (CCS), medial tibial stress syndrome (MTSS) and chronic calf tears (CCT).