title: Entrapment of the median nerve between sublimis tendons after distal forearm fracture: an unusual case report.
abstract: We present a rare case of entrapment of the median nerve between sublimis tendons after fractures of the distal radius and ulna in an 80-year-old woman. The entrapped median nerve was elongated redundantly with two regions of constriction. To our knowledge, no case of median nerve palsy caused by such a factor has been previously reported.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Wakayama Medical University, Wakayama 641-8510, Japan. ytaniguc@wakayama-med.ac.jp
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Taniguchi
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kitano
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Shimoe
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Yoshida
mesh_terms: D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D019299:Decompression, Surgical / Q000379:methods; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D020423:Median Neuropathy / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D009408:Nerve Compression Syndromes / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D011885:Radius Fractures / Q000150:complications*; D013708:Tendon Injuries / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014458:Ulna Fractures / Q000150:complications*