title: Entrapment and transection of the median nerve associated with greenstick fractures of the forearm: case report and review of the literature.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To report an unusual neurologic complication associated with greenstick fractures of the forearm.
  
  
  METHODS
  Near-complete transection of the median nerve associated with greenstick fractures of the shaft of the left radius and ulna in a 13-year-old boy is described. The results of treatment are reported in detail.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Significant median nerve injury may coexist with apparently benign, closed greenstick fractures of the forearm.
authors.affiliation: St. Andrew's Hospital, Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: W K
authors.initials: WK
authors.lastname: Pun
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Coleman
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D005596:Fractures, Closed / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008475:Median Nerve / Q000293:injuries*; D010523:Peripheral Nervous System Diseases / Q000209:etiology; D011885:Radius Fractures / Q000150:complications*; D014458:Ulna Fractures / Q000150:complications*