title: Entrapment and transection of the median nerve associated with minimally displaced fractures of the forearm: case report and review of the literature.
abstract: Complete transection of the median nerve associated with minimally displaced fractures of forearm bones is described in a 20-year-old woman. An end-to-end epineural repair was performed. There was good sensory and motor recovery of the median nerve in the hand.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedics, B.P. Koirala Institute of Health Sciences, Dharan, Nepal. manishgarg5@hotmail.com
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Garg
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kumar
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002370:Casts, Surgical; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D020423:Median Neuropathy / Q000209:etiology*; D009408:Nerve Compression Syndromes / Q000209:etiology*; D011859:Radiography; D011885:Radius Fractures / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014458:Ulna Fractures / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging