Radial nerve laceration two years after a stab wound to the distal humerus: a case report.
A patient is described who was stabbed in the upper arm and two years later developed a radial nerve palsy. X-rays showed that the tip of the knife had broken off in the arm. At operation this bit of blade was loose and had completely divided the radial nerve.
Maloon
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Hand Unit, Groote Schuur Hospital, Cape Town, South Africa.
Singer
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D000328:Adult; D005548:Foreign-Body Migration / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D006811:Humerus / Q000293:injuries*; D008297:Male; D010243:Paralysis / Q000209:etiology; D011826:Radial Nerve / Q000293:injuries*; D013997:Time Factors; D014951:Wounds, Stab