Nerve injuries associated with wrist trauma.
Although nerve injury rarely accompanies wrist trauma or disease, the long-term functional result frequently depends more on resolution of the nerve deficit and symptoms than on resolution of the basic orthopedic pathology. The origins of nerve injury associated with orthopedic problems are reviewed, and a rational approach to their management is described.
D000328:Adult; D003100:Colles' Fracture / Q000150:complications; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008475:Median Nerve / Q000293:injuries*; D008663:Metacarpus / Q000293:injuries; D008875:Middle Aged; D009408:Nerve Compression Syndromes / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D012019:Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy / Q000209:etiology; D013927:Thrombosis / Q000209:etiology; D014459:Ulnar Nerve / Q000293:injuries*; D014954:Wrist Injuries / Q000150:complications*