Entrapment of the median nerve in a greenstick forearm fracture. A case report and review of the literature.
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.
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Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Servicio de Cirugía Ortopédica y Traumatología, Universidad Autonoma de Barcelona, Spain.
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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*