title: Complete division of the radial nerve associated with a closed fracture of the humeral shaft in a child.
abstract: The management of closed fractures of the humerus with an associated nerve palsy remains controversial. With very little written about this injury in children, we present the case of a three-year-old child with a closed humeral shaft fracture in whom surgical exploration and reconstruction of the radial nerve with a sural nerve graft was performed three months after injury. The child regained full function. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first such case to be reported in the English literature.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedics, University of South California, Keck School of Medicine, 1200 N. State Street, General Hospital Room 3900, Los Angeles, California 90033, USA.
authors.forename: B K
authors.initials: BK
authors.lastname: Ogawa
authors.forename: R M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Kay
authors.forename: P D
authors.initials: PD
authors.lastname: Choi
authors.forename: M V
authors.initials: MV
authors.lastname: Stevanovic
mesh_terms: D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D005592:Fracture Fixation / Q000379:methods*; D005596:Fractures, Closed / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D006810:Humeral Fractures / Q000150:complications*; D011826:Radial Nerve / Q000293:injuries* / Q000473:pathology; D016896:Treatment Outcome