title: Compression of the radial digital nerve of the thumb.
abstract: We report a case of digital nerve compression in the thumb caused by a fibrous band from flexor pollicis brevis to the sheath of flexor pollicis longus. After release of that band the patient was immediately symptom free.
authors.affiliation: Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital Trust, Stanmore, UK.
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Berlemann
authors.forename: M C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Dunkerton
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003238:Connective Tissue / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009132:Muscles / Q000473:pathology; D009408:Nerve Compression Syndromes / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology; D013933:Thumb / Q000294:innervation*