Compartments of the foot: topographic anatomy - Kölner UniversitätsPublikationsServer

Faymonville, C., Andermahr, J., Seidel, U., Mueller, L. P., Skouras, E., Eysel, P. and Stein, G. (2012). Compartments of the foot: topographic anatomy. Surg. Radiol. Anat., 34 (10). S. 929 - 934. PARIS: SPRINGER FRANCE. ISSN 0930-1038

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DOI:10.1007/s00276-012-0982-3

Abstract

Recent publications have renewed the debate regarding the number of foot compartments. There is also no consensus regarding allocation of individual muscles and communication between compartments. The current study examines the anatomic topography of the foot compartments anew using 32 injections of epoxy-resin and subsequent sheet plastination in 12 cadaveric foot specimens. Six compartments were identified: dorsal, medial, lateral, superficial central, deep forefoot, and deep hindfoot compartments. Communication was evident between the deep hindfoot compartment and the superficial central and deep central forefoot compartments. In the hindfoot, the neurovascular bundles were located in separate tissue sheaths between the central hindfoot compartment and the medial compartment. In the forefoot, the medial and lateral bundles entered the deep central forefoot compartment. The deep central hindfoot compartment housed the quadratus plantae muscle, and after calcaneus fracture could develop an isolated compartment syndrome.

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Creators	Email	ORCID	ORCID Put Code
Faymonville, C.	UNSPECIFIED	UNSPECIFIED	UNSPECIFIED
Andermahr, J.	UNSPECIFIED	UNSPECIFIED	UNSPECIFIED
Seidel, U.	UNSPECIFIED	UNSPECIFIED	UNSPECIFIED
Mueller, L. P.	UNSPECIFIED	UNSPECIFIED	UNSPECIFIED
Skouras, E.	UNSPECIFIED	UNSPECIFIED	UNSPECIFIED
Eysel, P.	UNSPECIFIED	UNSPECIFIED	UNSPECIFIED
Stein, G.	UNSPECIFIED	UNSPECIFIED	UNSPECIFIED