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Francesco Maria Egro1, Matthew Robert Frederick Jaring1, Asif Zafar Khan1
1Department of Trauma and Orthopaedics, Frenchay Hospital, Bristol, United Kingdom.
Objective:
Describe an unusual presentation of compartment syndrome of the hand.
Methods:
An unusual and severe case of compartment syndrome of the hand occurred in a 68-year-old woman following an innocuous distal radius fracture and ulnar styloid avulsion fracture.
Results:
The patient required surgical decompression and amputation of the index, middle, ring, and little fingers.
Conclusions:
This article highlights the importance of clinical suspicion toward postinjury compartment syndrome even if a fracture is not adjacent to the compartment itself and no clear vascular disruption is present.
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