Endoscopic fasciotomy for chronic exertional compartment syndrome of the forearm: Systematic review of outcomes and complications

Table 1 Background and clinical information of patients with chronic exertional compartment syndrome of the forearm who underwent endoscopic fasciotomy

Ref.	Sample size	Gender	Age (mean and range)	Sport/risk factor	Diagnostic investigations	Preoperative VAS score (mean and range)	Preoperative DASH score (mean and range)	Preoperative quick DASH score (mean and range)
Abe and Fujii[10], 2017	1 (unilateral)	1 F	15	Tennis; This case involved the mobile wad only	Compartment pressure measurements (at rest, under stress and after stress) US and MRI	--	--	--
Hijjawi and Nagle[14], 2010	1 (unilateral)	1 M	33	Truck driver	Compartment pressure measurements (at rest and after stress)	--	--	--
Jans et al[11], 2015	154 (all bilateral)	151 M; 3 F	32.7; 16-42	Motocross racers	MRI after flexor loading (repetitive grip until exhaustion for 15 minutes)	1.1 ± 0.3 at rest and 7.4 ± 1.5 after stress (used scale of 1 to 10)	--	--
Miller et al[17], 2017	2 (1 bilateral)	2 M	24.5; 23-26	Motocross racers	Compartment pressure measurements (at rest and after stress)	9.5; 9-10 (used scale of 0 to 10)	--	--
Pegoli et al[15], 2016	3 (1 bilateral)	3 M	25.3	Motorcycle drivers	Compartment pressure measurements (at rest, under stress and after stress)	4.5; 3-6 (used scale of 0 to 10)	21.71%; 18.42-25.00%	--
Ruyer et al[16], 2020	21 (15 bilateral)	21 M	28; 14-42	Motorcycle road racing (n = 20), off-road motorcycle racing or enduro (n = 11), quad racing (n = 4) and mountain biking and water skiing (n = 1)	Compartment pressure measurements (pre- and post-stress)	--	--	23 ± 10%; 7-45%
Seiler et al[18], 2011	1 (bilateral)	1 F	19	Swimmer	Compartment pressure measurements (after stress)	--	--	--

DASH: Disabilities of the Arm, Shoulder and Hand; F: Female; M: Male; MRI: Magnetic resonance imaging; US: Ultrasound; VAS: Visual analogue scale.