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CHANGE OF PRESSURE INSIDE THE SUPERFICIAL POSTERIOR MUSCULAR-FASCIAL COMPARTMENT OF THE LEG AFTER CALF AUGMENTATION WITH GEL-FILLED SILICONE IMPLANTS
- Authors: Marinicheva IG1, Meladze ZE1
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Affiliations:
- Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia (RUDN University)
- Issue: Vol 22, No 4 (2018)
- Pages: 464-469
- Section: TRAUMATOLOGY
- URL: https://journals.rudn.ru/medicine/article/view/20477
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.22363/2313-0245-2018-22-4-464-469
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Abstract
Purpose: The purpose of the study was to examine the degree of tissue compression and evaluate the safety of installation of a volume gel-filled implant inside the superficial posterior muscular-fascial compartment of the legs. Materials and methods: The author conducted a direct measurement of the pressure inside the superficial posterior muscular-fascial compartment of the legs in five patients (10 calves) before the surgery and immediately after installation of gel-filled silicone implants inside the superficial posterior compartment of the legs with an average volume of 85-140 ml. Results and conclusions: The pressure measured by the proposed method inside the superficial posterior muscular-fascial compartment of the legs before the surgery was on average 2,1 ± 0,4 mm Hg, after implants installation - 8,9 ± 0,9 mm Hg. The result obtained is significantly lower than the critical intra-compartmental pressure, which indicates the safety of calf augmentation by insertion of implant inside the superficial posterior muscular-fascial compartment.
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I G Marinicheva
Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia (RUDN University)
Author for correspondence.
Email: irina@marinicheva.ru
SPIN-code: 8156-3275
PhD in Medicine, associate Professor, Peoples Friendship University of Russia (RUDN University)
Miklukho-Maklaya str. 6, Moscow, RussiaZ E Meladze
Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia (RUDN University)
Email: irina@marinicheva.ru
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