title: Compartment syndrome of the hand: beware of innocuous radius fractures.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Describe an unusual presentation of compartment syndrome of the hand.
  
  
  METHODS
  An unusual and severe case of compartment syndrome of the hand occurred in a 68-year-old woman following an innocuous distal radius fracture and ulnar styloid avulsion fracture.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The patient required surgical decompression and amputation of the index, middle, ring, and little fingers.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This article highlights the importance of clinical suspicion toward postinjury compartment syndrome even if a fracture is not adjacent to the compartment itself and no clear vascular disruption is present.
authors: Department of Trauma and Orthopaedics, Frenchay Hospital, Bristol, United Kingdom.
authors: Francesco Maria
authors: FM
authors: Egro
authors: Department of Trauma and Orthopaedics, Frenchay Hospital, Bristol, United Kingdom.
authors: Matthew Robert Frederick
authors: MR
authors: Jaring
authors: Department of Trauma and Orthopaedics, Frenchay Hospital, Bristol, United Kingdom.
authors: Asif Zafar
authors: AZ
authors: Khan
keywords: compartment syndrome; complication; hand; injury; radius fracture