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Appearance of the patient's arm prior to surgery.
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Within 10 hours, the swelling and pain had progressed to his entire left upper extremity (Figure 1) and the patient developed hypotension.
Intraoperative photograph showing nonviable tissue from incision made over the biceps muscle.
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A counterincision was then made proximally over the biceps muscle in the proximal brachium (Figure 2).