Limb Ischemia Clinical Trial
Official title:
Chemical Analysis of Limb Microfluidics
Compartment syndrome (CS) is a condition where an increase in pressure in an anatomical compartment (e.g. the lower leg) affects the blood supply of the tissues, leading to tissue damage. The condition is difficult to diagnose, and more difficult to determine when and how to manage it. Treatment aims to reduce the pressure in the compartment by whatever means possible. Surgical management by of CS is highly invasive and has associated risks including infection, damage to local structures (i.e. nerves), and possibly the inability to close the wound leading to the need for further reconstructive procedures. The clinical challenge in suspected CS is knowing if and when to intervene. Some cases of mild CS may resolve without an operation, and therefore intervening too soon causes unnecessary harm to the patient. However, waiting too long to operate with high compartmental pressures may lead to irreversible damage to the tissues, resulting in either a useless limb or necrotic tissue needing amputation. Current strategies for determining limb health include interrogation of symptoms, signs on examination, and serial measurements of compartmental pressures, but no absolute measurement of tissue health. As such, there is an element of clinical judgment in management and no evidence base with which to develop clear treatment guidelines. There is a need for a minimally invasive method of continuously monitoring tissue health to improve the understanding of CS and its management before significant improvement in patient outcomes can be delivered. It is proposed the application of leg "microfluidics" - analysis of samples of leg fluid - in a series of predictable clinical scenarios which simulate the threatened and unsalvageable limb. This is with an ultimate aim of developing a method of limb fluid sampling that can predict if CS is present and requires intervention.
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