Unusual presentation of acute compartment syndrome of the forearm and hand.

A 49-year-old man was referred to orthopaedics with an acute onset of left forearm and hand swelling, widespread blisters and erythema after lying face down on the floor for an unknown period of time. He also presented with left wrist stiffness due to pain and clawing of the fingers and glove-type loss of sensation in the whole hand. Any attempt to straighten the fingers or extend the wrist exacerbated the pain.

The terminal branch of posterior interosseous nerve: a useful donor for digital nerve grafting.

The anatomical relationships of the terminal branch of posterior interosseous nerve have been studied in 57 cadaver and amputation specimens. Removal of the nerve leaves the patient with no apparent sensory deficit. In all dissections the nerve was present and its location was constant.

The Ring total knee replacement.

A prospective study of the Ring Total Knee Replacement is presented. The senior author (P.A.