title: Entrapment of the median nerve in a greenstick forearm fracture. A case report and review of the literature.
abstract: We report a case of low median nerve palsy occurring as a complication of a closed both-bone forearm fracture in a child. Following delayed diagnosis, surgical exploration was performed and it was observed that the median nerve was entrapped in the callus of the radius fracture.
authors.affiliation: Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Servicio de Cirugía Ortopédica y Traumatología, Universidad Autonoma de Barcelona, Spain.
authors.forename: I R
authors.initials: IR
authors.lastname: Proubasta
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: De Sena
authors.forename: E P
authors.initials: EP
authors.lastname: Cáceres
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D020423:Median Neuropathy / Q000209:etiology*; D009408:Nerve Compression Syndromes / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D011885:Radius Fractures / Q000150:complications*; D014458:Ulna Fractures / Q000150:complications*