Fig. 3

Left lower leg compartment syndrome, fasciotomy, and closure. a1 and a2 Left lower leg and left foot 15 h after the accident, respectively, with painful swelling and purpura on the lower legs and purpura and blistering on the foot. b1 and b2 Two-incision fasciotomy; b1 medial incision and b2 lateral incision. c1 and c2 Wound closure; c1 delayed primary closure on the medial incision and c2 closure with split-thickness skin grafts (STSGs) on the lateral incision. *: superficial posterior compartment, †: lateral compartment, ‡: anterior compartment