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

Table 2 Soft tissue-related acute compartment syndrome

N	Name of soft tissue injury	Number out of 210 soft tissue injury patients	Percentage out of 210 soft tissue injury patients
1	Blunt trauma [57, 69, 75, 82, 85, 87]	44	20.9
2	Burn injuries [61, 76, 85]	39	18.5
3	Not reported by the authors [51, 53]	37	17.6
4	Crush injury [65, 73, 74, 80, 85, 86]	36	17
5	Penetrating trauma [7, 54, 73]	22	10.5
6	Forearm caught in a machine [50, 56, 58, 62, 66]	10	4.7
7	Snake bites [60, 63, 81]	4	1.9
8	Suction injuries [70, 72, 78]	4	1.9
9	Traction injury [67, 71]	2	1.0
10	Increased intrauterine pressure [79, 84]	2	1.0
11	Fall injuries [55, 77]	2	1.0
12	Spider bite [68]	1	0.5
13	Flying insect bite [64]	1	0.5
14	Compression trauma [79]	1	0.5
15	Electrical injury [50]	1	0.5
16	Caught by a wall [50]	1	0.5
17	Carving fork wound [7]	1	0.5
18	Dog bite [52]	1	0.5
19	Roller injury [86]	1	0.5

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