Compartments
Forearm compartments and structures at risk:
- ventral compartment - median and ulnar nerves; radial and ulnar arteries
- dorsal compartment - posterior interosseous nerve; no major vessels
Lower limb and structures at risk:
- anterior tibial compartment - deep peroneal nerve; anterior tibial artery
- superfical posterior compartment - no major nerves or vessels
- deep posterior compartment - posterior tibial nerves and vessels; peroneal artery
- peroneal compartment - deep and superfical peroneal nerves
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