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. 2022 Jul 6;17:342. doi: 10.1186/s13018-022-03234-x

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