Failure to relieve the pressure can result in necrosis of tissue in that compartment, since capillary perfusion will fall leading to increasing hypoxia of those tissues. If left untreated, acute compartment syndrome can lead to more severe conditions including rhabdomyolysis and kidney failure.
↑Suzuki T, Moirmura N, Kawai K, Sugiyama M (January 2005). "Arterial injury associated with acute compartment syndrome of the thigh following blunt trauma". Injury. 36 (1): 151–9. doi:10.1016/j.injury.2004.03.022. PMID15589934.
↑Alexander W, Low N, Pratt G (January 2018). "Acute lumbar paraspinal compartment syndrome: a systematic review". ANZ J Surg. doi:10.1111/ans.14342. PMID29316189.
↑Thati S, Carlson C, Maskill JD, Anderson JG, Bohay DR (June 2008). "Tibial compartment syndrome and the cavovarus foot". Foot Ankle Clin. 13 (2): 275–305, vii. doi:10.1016/j.fcl.2008.02.001. PMID18457774.
↑Fulkerson E, Razi A, Tejwani N (February 2003). "Review: acute compartment syndrome of the foot". Foot Ankle Int. 24 (2): 180–7. doi:10.1177/107110070302400214. PMID12627629.