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Official Journal of the Italian Society of Orthopaedics and Traumatology

Table 4 Summary of studies on ACS in tibial diaphyseal fractures

From: Risk factors for acute compartment syndrome of the leg associated with tibial diaphyseal fractures in adults

Author

Number of subjects

Number of ACS

Incidence (%)

DeLee (open) [38]

104

6

6

Blick SS [24]

198

18

9

McQueen (open) [33]

67

1

1.5

McQueen [23]

1,349

59

4.3

Mullett H [34]

626

17

2.7

Ogunlusi JD [39]

52

3

5.7

Park S [21]

173

14

8

Wind T [26]

626

34

5.4

This study

1,125

87

7.7