Measurement of tissue pressure with symptoms of compartment syndrome

The increase in the tissue pressure (TP) in the compartment can be due to the internal pressure (contusion, swelling, inflammation), or due to the external pressure (tight bandage, pneumatic splint). Injury and a deep thrombosis of a blood vessel lead to the stasis and subsequently to the lowering of arterial-venous gradient just the same as this associated with lowering of arterial medium pressure due to the shock with the excessive positioning of the extremity. Our aim was to establish the value of TP and thus to prevent the symptoms of the compartment syndrome. Tte above-mentioned problem can be solved by measuring the tissue pressure in a real time, where the approximation of an invasive and a non-invasive pressure is proved by a comparative measurement.