Etiology of trauma-related acute compartment syndrome of the forearm: a systematic review

Table 1 Fracture-related acute compartment syndrome

N	Type of fracture	Number out of 447 fractured patients	Percentage out of 447 fractured patients
1	Supracondylar humerus fracture [7, 10, 11, 14, 15, 19, 22, 26, 52, 57, 58]	152	34.0
2	Both-bone forearm fracture [10, 16, 17, 20, 26, 29, 33, 34, 40, 44, 45, 50,51,52,53, 55, 56, 58]	123	27.5
3	Distal radial fractures [10, 12, 18, 24, 26, 29, 30, 32, 39, 41, 43, 45,46,47,48,49, 51,52,53, 58]	99	22.1
4	Forearm bone fracture without identification of fractured segment [21, 25, 27, 42, 51, 52]	16	3.6
5	Distal radius fracture with elbow fracture [29]	9	2.0
6	Proximal third of forearm [54]	8	1.8
7	Monteggia equivalents [11]	7	1.6
8	Supracondylar humerus fracture and both-bone forearm fracture [7, 26, 38]	7	1.6
9	Radial neck fractures [26, 36, 56, 58]	4	0.9
10	Unspecified radius fracture [16, 50]	4	0.9
11	Olecranon fracture [10, 27]	3	0.7
12	Monteggia fractures [11]	2	0.4
13	Radial shaft fracture [59]	2	0.4
14	Unspecified ulna fracture [16, 58]	2	0.4
15	Proximal ulna fracture [10]	1	0.2
16	Ulna diaphyseal fracture [40]	1	0.2
17	Distal ulna fracture [43]	1	0.2
18	Ulnar diaphyseal fracture and fracture of radius in distal one-fourth and dislocation of radial head [13]	1	0.2
19	Ulnar shaft fracture and supracondylar humerus fracture [23]	1	0.2
20	Supracondylar humerus fracture, ulnar shaft fracture and distal both-bone forearm fracture [26]	1	0.2
21	Anterior elbow dislocation with ulnar shaft and radial styloid fracture [31]	1	0.2
22	Distal radial fracture with basi-styloid fracture of the ulna [35]	1	0.2
23	Supracondylar humerus fracture and distal radius fracture [37]	1	0.2

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