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A1 Soong, Maximillian
A1 DaSilva, Manuel
T1 Acute Forearm Compartment Syndrome Secondary to Digit Avulsion InjuryA Case Report
JF The Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery
JO The Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery
YR 2009
FD February 1
VO 91
IS 2
SP 435
OP 437
DO 10.2106/JBJS.H.00737
UL http://dx.doi.org/10.2106/JBJS.H.00737
AB 
Patients with mutilating hand and finger injuries often present first to orthopaedic, plastic, or general surgeons covering emergency room call and sometimes present only by telephone consultation. The present report describes a patient who presented with a severe finger avulsion in whom the most urgent issue was an ipsilateral forearm compartment syndrome secondary to the avulsion. The patient was informed that data concerning the case would be submitted for publication, and he consented.