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Official Journal of the Italian Society of Orthopaedics and Traumatology

Table 1 Bedside fasciotomy patients

From: Bedside fasciotomy under local anesthesia for acute compartment syndrome: a feasible and reliable procedure in selected cases

Characteristics

Age

42.4 years

Mean in years

(16–84 years)

Sex

 Female

10

 Male

24

Open fractures (11.4 %)

 Grade 1

1

 Grade 2

1

 Grade 3

2

Closed fractures

25

Soft tissue injuries

5

Mechanism of injury

 Motor vehicle accident

22

 Fall from height

5

 Simple fall

4

 Pedestrian hit by vehicle

2

 Assault

1