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However, our large academic institution and level I trauma center have been using regional anesthesia routinely for pain management of patients with long bone fractures for more than a decade, with strict adherence to a comprehensive management protocol. The aim of this retrospective review is to present our experience with this practice.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>Following Institutional Review Board approval, we performed a retrospective chart review of patients with long bone fractures and ACS over a 10-year period (2008\u20132018).<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>26 537 patients were included in the review. Approximately 20% of these patients required surgery, and 91.5% of surgically treated patients received regional anesthesia. The incidence of ACS in our cohort was 0.1% or 1.017 per 1000 patients with long bone fractures.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>Current recommendations on using PNBs in patients at risk for ACS have been mainly based on expert opinion and dated case reports. Due to the nature of the condition, prospective data are lacking. Our large observational dataset evaluated the risk of missing or delaying ACS diagnosis when PNBs were offered for trauma patients and demonstrated a relatively low incidence of ACS despite the routine use of PNBs under strictly protocolized conditions when patients were managed by a dedicated multidisciplinary care team.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1136\/rapm-2023-104460","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2023,9,11]],"date-time":"2023-09-11T13:45:33Z","timestamp":1694439933000},"page":"505-510","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1136\/crossmarkpolicy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":10,"title":["Incidence of acute compartment syndrome with routine use of regional anesthesia for patients with long bone fractures: a large single-center retrospective review from a level I trauma tertiary academic institution"],"prefix":"10.1136","volume":"49","author":[{"given":"Svetlana","family":"Chembrovich","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Anesthesiology, University of Florida College of Medicine, Gainesville, Florida, USA"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Barys","family":"Ihnatsenka","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Anesthesiology, University of Florida College of Medicine, Gainesville, Florida, USA"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Cameron","family":"Smith","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Anesthesiology, University of Florida College of Medicine, Gainesville, Florida, USA"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Yury","family":"Zasimovich","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Anesthesiology, University of Florida College of Medicine, Gainesville, Florida, USA"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Amy","family":"Gunnett","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Anesthesiology, University of Florida College of Medicine, Gainesville, Florida, USA"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Timothy R","family":"Petersen","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care, University of New Mexico School of Medicine, Albuquerque, USA"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-8572-0223","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Linda","family":"Le-Wendling","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Anesthesiology, University of Florida College of Medicine, Gainesville, Florida, USA"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"239","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2023,9,11]]},"reference":[{"key":"2025101111412010000_49.7.505.1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1359\/jbmr.061113"},{"key":"2025101111412010000_49.7.505.2","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"45","DOI":"10.2147\/LRA.S55322","article-title":"Regional anesthesia for the trauma patient: improving patient outcomes","volume":"8","author":"Gadsden","year":"2015","journal-title":"Local Reg Anesth"},{"key":"2025101111412010000_49.7.505.3","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"1198","DOI":"10.1097\/ALN.0b013e31828afa96","article-title":"Case scenario: compartment syndrome of the forearm in patient with an Infraclavicular catheter: breakthrough pain as indicator","volume":"118","author":"Aguirre","year":"2013","journal-title":"Anesthesiology"},{"key":"2025101111412010000_49.7.505.4","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"823","DOI":"10.1111\/j.1526-4637.2011.01109.x","article-title":"Did continuous femoral and Sciatic nerve block obscure the diagnosis or delay the treatment of acute lower leg compartment syndrome? 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