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Case Reports
. 2025 Jul 9:58:101225.
doi: 10.1016/j.tcr.2025.101225. eCollection 2025 Aug.

Increased awareness of medial brachial compartment syndrome is mandatory following endovascular arterial repair

Elizabeth Roderick  1   2 , Jonathan Gates  1   2 , Jane Keating  1   2   3
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Increased awareness of medial brachial compartment syndrome is mandatory following endovascular arterial repair

Elizabeth Roderick et al. Trauma Case Rep. .

Abstract

Upper extremity compartment syndrome is a rare complication of upper extremity trauma and the entity known as Medial Brachial Fascial Compartment Syndrome is even less so. Given the significant morbidity, both entities must remain a consideration in the management of trauma patients. In the present report, we present a case of Medial Brachial Fascial Compartment Syndrome after endovascular repair of a transected mid-brachial artery.

Keywords: Endovascular repair; Medial Brachial Fascial Compartment Syndrome; Traumatic brachial artery injury.

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The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.

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Fig. 1
Several angiograms taken during an endovascular operative procedure to diagnose and repair a brachial artery injury. A). Diagnostic angiogram demonstrating mid-brachial artery injury and abrupt cutoff of blood flow. B). Distal injection filling medial brachial fascial compartment. C). Retrograde delayed injection again demonstrating filling of the medial brachial fascial compartment. D). Completion angiogram with covered stent in place with resolution of injury and restoration of blood flow through the brachial artery.
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