Most common cause of acute compament syndrome in children is: (A) Fractrue supracondylar humerus, (B) Transphyseal humerus fracture, (C) Fracture radius/ulna, (D) Fracture shaft humerus
Answer is A. Compament syndrome is most commonly caused by extremity fractures:Supracondylar fracture of the humerus is the most common cause is childrenCrush injuries to forearm are the most common cause in adultsOther injuries are fracture both bones forearm, elbow dislocation(Refer: Mohindra's Fundamentals of Ohopedics, 2nd edition, pg no. 73)