Table 1

Demographics and treatment

Patient number	Age (y)/gender	Side	Common presentation	Mode of injury	Treatment prior to diagnosis	Fracture/soft-tissue injury	Compartment pressure (mmHg)	Additional surgery	Time interval injury to admission (h)	Time interval admission to surgery (min)	Incision	Hospital stay (d)	Follow-up (mon)
1	8/M	L	Paralysis	RTA/fall	Tight oil bandage	Olecranon (intra-articular)	No	Delayed closure (5 d)	144	50	Single	9	72
2	5/M	L	Paralysis, pulselessness	Fall from height	Tight oil bandage elbow	SC fractures	No	Brachial artery repair, K wire fixation, SC humerus	24	60	Single	8	80
3	7/F	L	Pain, swelling, paralysis	Fall from height	No	Both bones forearm	40	Delayed closure (5 d)	9	50	Single	4	64
4	8/M	R	Swelling; pain, forearm; paralysis	Intravenous infiltrate/severe dehydration	No	Intravenous infiltrate	40	Nil	6	60	Single	4	72
5	3/M	L	Paralysis, swelling, tender	RTA/fall	Closed reduction for SC fractures	SC fractures	No	Redo K wire, delayed closure, skin grafting (6 d)	192	65	Single extension to arm	14	72
6	5/M	R	Pain; swelling, forearm; paralysis	Intravenous infiltrate in ICU/sepsis	Nil	Intravenous infiltrate	No	Nil	6	50	Single	13	64
7	6/M	R	Pain, wrist; swelling; paralysis	Fall from height	Tight oil bandage	Distal radius	No	Delayed closure, skin grafting (6 d)	96	45	Single	6	72
8	9/F	L	Pain, swelling, paralysis	RTA/car crush	Nil	Both bones forearms	40	Nil	6	50	Single	5	69
9	10/M	R	Pain, swelling, pulselessness, paralysis	RTA/fall	Nil	SC humerus	No	Brachial artery repair	12	45	Single	7	62
10	14/M	L	Pain, swelling, paralysis	RTA/crush injury	Nil	Distal radius	40	Nil	5	50	Single	4	70
11	9/M	L	Pain and swelling, paralysis	RTA/crush	Nil	Both bones forearm	40	Nil	6	55	Single	11	65
12	10/M	R	Pain, swelling, paralysis	Fall from height	Oil bandage	Proximal ulna	No	Delayed primary closure (5 d)	72	50	Single	9	72
13	11/M	L	Pain, swelling, paralysis	RTA/crush	Nil	Both bones forearm	No	Nil	5	50	Single	4	65
14	8/F	R	Pain, swelling, paralysis	RTA/fall from bike	Oil bandage	Undisplaced SC humerus fracture	No	Delayed primary closure (5 d)	51	50	Single	9	71
15	7/M	L	Pain, swelling, tenseness, paralysis	RTA/fall	Nil	Both bones forearm	No	Nil	7	55	Single	5	56
16	16/M	R	Pain, swelling, tenseness, paralysis	RTA/crush	Nil	Distal radius	40	Delayed closure, skin grafting (6 d)	11	60	Single	5	60
17	8/M	R	Paralysis	RTA/fall	Tight oil bandage	Undisplaced olecranon	No	Delayed closure, skin grafting (6 d)	104	50	Single	6	72
18	14/M	R	Pain, swelling, paralysis	RTA/crush injury	Nil	Distal radius	40	Nil	5	50	Single	3	70
19	6/M	R	Paralysis	RTA/fall	Closed reduction for SC fractures, K wire over ulnar nerve	SC fractures	40	Debridement, drainage, skin grafting	171	65	Single extension to arm	19	72
20	7/F	L	Pain, swelling, tenseness, paralysis	RTA/fall	Nil	Both bones forearm	No	Nil	12	50	Single	5	59
21	7/M	R	Pain, swelling, tenseness, paralysis	RTA/fall	Nil	Both bones forearm	No	Nil	10	65	Single	5	69
22	9/F	R	Pain, swelling, paralysis	Fall from height	Oil bandage	Radial head	No	Delayed closure (5 d)	86	65	Single	10	60
23	7/M	R	Pain, swelling, tenseness, paralysis	RTA/crush	Nil	Both bones forearm	No	Nil	6	55	Single	4	65
24	8/M	L	Pain, swelling, tenseness, paralysis	RTA/fall	Nil	Both bones forearm	No	Nil	8	50	Single	5	64
Mean	8.5								44	54		7.3	67.3

ICU, intensive care unit; L and R, left and right; M and F, male and female; RTA, road traffic accident; SC, supracondylar; K wire, Kirshner wire.