Review Question - QID 211442

One evening, a 25-year-old male patient comes in after rolling over an ATV. His ER evaluation showed a closed injury in Figures A and B, and you place him on the schedule for the next day for fixation. While rounding the next morning, however, the nurse tells you he has been asking more and more frequently for pain medication which does not seem to be controlling his pain. Repeat evaluation shows the patient in significant pain and distress with tense leg compartments. You indicate him for emergent fasciotomies. Performing fasciotomies have what effect on this patient's developing pathology?