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Saw in the news that a linebacker for the Vikings was taken the hospital for compartment syndrome in his right leg following their game yesterday. Sustained a "shin contusion" and played a few more snaps, then after the game his leg had dramatically swollen. He played less than 30 snaps which is light duty for a starting linebacker.
Obviously an NFL player does not represent a normal patient but I've never seen a contusion + modest exertion lead to immediate compartment syndrome. Wonder if there was a missed fracture? Some NFL reporters speculated about a return in two weeks which feels hard for me to believe following a fasciotomy.
Source: Vikings LB Jordan Hicks hospitalized after win over Saints, developed compartment syndrome in leg
Obviously an NFL player does not represent a normal patient but I've never seen a contusion + modest exertion lead to immediate compartment syndrome. Wonder if there was a missed fracture? Some NFL reporters speculated about a return in two weeks which feels hard for me to believe following a fasciotomy.
Source: Vikings LB Jordan Hicks hospitalized after win over Saints, developed compartment syndrome in leg