Median nerve injury caused by missed foreign body. Case report.
A 56-year-old woman sustained a delayed median nerve division after a penetrating injury of the right wrist by a piece of wood had gone unnoticed. There was no neurological damage at the time of the injury. The foreign body spread the median nerve apart, which subsequently reduced the sensitivity in the index finger. Removal of the wood resulted in complete recovery.
Rainer
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Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, University of Innsbruck, Austria. C.Rainer@uibk.ac.at
Schoeller
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Wechselberger
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Bauer
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Hussl
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D003951:Diagnostic Errors; D005260:Female; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008475:Median Nerve / Q000293:injuries*; D008875:Middle Aged