Society guideline links: Extremity compartment syndrome

Introduction — This topic includes links to society and government-sponsored guidelines from selected countries and regions around the world. We will update these links periodically; newer versions of some guidelines may be available on each society's website. Some societies may require users to log in to access their guidelines.

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Links to related guidelines are provided separately. (See "Society guideline links: Acute extremity ischemia" and "Society guideline links: Acute kidney injury in adults" and "Society guideline links: Severe blunt or penetrating extremity trauma".)

United States

●American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS): Clinical practice guideline for the management of acute compartment syndrome (2018)

●American College of Surgeons (ACS): Best practices in the management of orthopaedic trauma (2015)

●Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma (EAST): Practice management guideline on the evaluation and management of penetrating lower extremity arterial trauma (2012)

United Kingdom

●National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE): Guideline on fractures (complex) – Assessment and management (2016, updated 2022)

●Association of Anaesthetists: Guideline on regional analgesia for lower leg trauma and the risk of acute compartment syndrome (2021)

●Association of Coloproctology of Great Britain and Ireland (ACPGBI), Vascular Society of Great Britain and Ireland, British Orthopaedic Association (BOA), and British Association of Urological Surgeons (BAUS): Guidelines on avoiding, diagnosing and treating well leg compartment syndrome after pelvic surgery (2019)

●BOA: BOA standards for trauma – Diagnosis and management of compartment syndrome of the limbs (2014)

Australia–New Zealand

●Clinical practice guidelines for the management of acute limb compartment syndrome following trauma (2010)