Surgical trainees neuropraxia? An unusual case of compression of the lateral cutaneous nerve of the forearm.
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.
Seoighe
D M
DM
Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Mater Misericordiae Hospital, Eccles Street, Dublin 7, Ireland. deirdre.seoighe@gmail.com
Baker
J F
JF
Mulhall
K J
KJ
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