Threatening Inferior Limb Ischemia: When to Consider Fasciotomy and What Principles to Apply?

Table 2

Medial compartment of the foot	Lateral compartment of the foot	Superficial + deep compartments of the foot	Interosseus compartment (×4) in the foot	Adductor compartment of the foot	Calcaneal compartment in the foot
(i) Flexor hallucis brevis; (ii) Abductor hallucis	(i) Abductor digiti quinti; (ii) Flexor digiti minimi	(i) Flexor digitorum brevis; (ii) Flexor digitorum longus; (iii) Lumbricals	Interossei muscles	Adductor muscle	Quadratus plantae
Superficial veins	Superficial veins	Superficial veins	Superficial veins	Superficial veins	(i) Posterior tibial artery + vein; (ii) Lateral plantar artery + vein
Superficial nerves	Superficial nerves	Superficial nerves	Superficial nerves	Superficial nerves	(i) Posterior tibial nerve; (ii) Medial + lateral plantar nerves

The bold fond specifies particularly the main arterial axes in the leg (the most important anatomic structures implicated in genuine ischemic pathology of CS).