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Deep volar compartment syndrome of the forearm following minor crush injury
P Aerts1, H D De Boeck, P P Casteleyn
1Pediatric Orthopedics Department, University Hospital V.U.B., Brussels, Belgium.
Journal of Pediatric Orthopedics
|January 1, 1989
Abstract:
The case of an 11-year-old boy with an ischemic contracture of the forearm and hand, initiated by a minor injury, is reported. Awareness of the syndrome, careful examination, and observation are emphasized. The decompression must include opening of all the tight fascial envelopes.