Radial nerve enclosed in the callus of a supracondylar fracture.
At operation for the correction of cubitus varus by removal of a wedge based laterally, the radial nerve fortunately was first explored and found to run through a transverse bony tummel at the posterior level of a suprocondylar fracture sustained eight years previously. After elevation of the bony tunnel and nerve en bloc the osteotomy was completed; neurapraxia of the radial nerve soon recovered. With hindsight, the entrance and exit foramina of the tunnel could be clearly seen in the antero-posterior radiograph taken before the operation.
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