TY  - JOUR
T1  - Acute Forearm Compartment Syndrome Secondary to Digit Avulsion InjuryA Case Report
AU  - Soong, Maximillian
AU  - DaSilva, Manuel
Y1  - 2009/02/01
N1  - 10.2106/JBJS.H.00737
JO  - The Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery
SP  - 435
EP  - 437
VL  - 91
IS  - 2
N2  - 
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.

SN  - 0021-9355
M3  - doi: 10.2106/JBJS.H.00737
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.2106/JBJS.H.00737
ER  -