title: Double crush syndrome due to plating of humeral shaft fracture.
abstract: Median nerve injury is rarely associated with the humeral shaft fracture. A Sixty two year old woman with a displaced humeral shaft fracture, developed a symptomatic carpal tunnel syndrome after plating with a screw protruding medially. 16 months later, the implants were removed and the symptoms gradually improved without carpal tunnel release surgery. A double crush syndrome resulted due to the proximal compression by the medially protruding screw and the distal compression by carpal tunnel. The proximal decompression produced by removal of the screw led to relief of the symptoms.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopedics, Shanghai Sixth People's Hospital, Shanghai Jiaotong University, Shanghai, China.
authors.forename: Yi-Gang
authors.initials: YG
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopedics,Yangpu Hospital, Tongji University, Shanghai, China.
authors.forename: Shi-Min
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Chang
keywords: Carpal tunnel syndrome; double crush syndrome; humeral shaft fracture; median nerve
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