title: Surgical trainees neuropraxia? An unusual case of compression of the lateral cutaneous nerve of the forearm.
abstract: Compression of the lateral cutaneous nerve of the forearm is an uncommon diagnosis but has been associated with strenuous upper limb activity. We report the unique case of a 32-year-old male orthopaedic trainee who suffered this nerve palsy as a result of prolonged elbow extension and forearm pronation while the single assistant during a hip resurfacing procedure. Conservative measures were sufficient for sensory recovery to be clinically detectable after 12 weeks.
authors.affiliation: Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Mater Misericordiae Hospital, Eccles Street, Dublin 7, Ireland. deirdre.seoighe@gmail.com
authors.forename: D M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Seoighe
authors.forename: J F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Baker
authors.forename: K J
authors.initials: KJ
authors.lastname: Mulhall
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D019644:Arthroplasty, Replacement, Hip / Q000193:education; D005270:Femur Head / Q000601:surgery; D005542:Forearm / Q000294:innervation*; D006801:Humans; D007396:Internship and Residency; D008297:Male; D009408:Nerve Compression Syndromes / Q000175:diagnosis*; D009784:Occupational Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D009985:Orthopedics / Q000193:education*; D010243:Paralysis / Q000175:diagnosis*; D010523:Peripheral Nervous System Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D011403:Pronation / Q000502:physiology; D013312:Stress, Physiological / Q000502:physiology