title: Accidental use of the median nerve as an interposition material in first carpometacarpal joint arthroplasty.
abstract: Harvesting the median nerve accidentally as a tendon graft, is a major complication of upper extremity surgery which is noted only rarely in the literature. This article seems to be the first report of the median nerve being used as an interposition material in first carpometacarpal joint arthroplasty.
authors.affiliation: Hand and Microsurgery & Orthopedics and Traumatology Hospital, Izmir, Turkey.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Toros
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Vatansever
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ada
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001178:Arthroplasty / Q000009:adverse effects*; D050824:Carpal Joints / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007049:Iatrogenic Disease; D008475:Median Nerve / Q000601:surgery*; D019300:Medical Errors; D050279:Metacarpal Bones / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D016067:Nerve Transfer; D010003:Osteoarthritis / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery; D010292:Paresthesia / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D013710:Tendons / Q000637:transplantation; D014421:Turkey; D014459:Ulnar Nerve / Q000601:surgery