Acute Forearm Compartment Syndrome Secondary to Digit Avulsion Injury

atients with mutilating hand and finger injuries often present first to orthopaedic, plastic, or general surgeons covering emergency room call and sometimes present only by telephone consultation. The present report describes a patient who presentedwith a severe finger avulsion inwhom the most urgent issue was an ipsilateral forearm compartment syn-drome secondary to the avulsion. The patient was informed that data concerning the case would be submitted for publication, and he consented. Case Report Afifty-five-year-old man was using a high-speed rotary tool,which caught a nylon cord that became wrapped around the right, dominant index finger. He presented to the emer-gency room with an open dislocation of the proximal inter-phalangeal joint. The soft tissues were nearly circumferentially avulsed (Fig. 1). Distally, the finger was dusky and insensate. Th