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case_images: Stryker Intracompartment pressure-monitoring device.
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case_images: As patient being intubated, it was difficult to diagnose a compartment syndrome on just clinical ground, and hence a universally accepted, calibrated handheld device (Stryker, Kalamzoo, Michigan) was used to measure the compartment pressure in the involved forearm compartments (Figure 1).
case_images: Fasciotomy with extensile Henry's approach for forearm compartment syndrome.
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case_images:  The fasciotomy of the forearm was performed by extensile Henry's approach along with decompression of carpel tunnel and abductor compartment of the hand (Figure 2).
case_images: Delayed primary closure of the fasciotomy wound.
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case_images: After 72 hrs, the fasciotomy wound was then evaluated again and closed satisfactorily without any tension on the suture lines (Figure 3).