Median nerve entrapment in a callus fracture following a pediatric both-bone forearm fracture: A case report and literature review
- Author:
Amine FOURATI
1
;
Iyadh GHORBEL
;
Amir KARRA
;
Mohamed Habib ELLEUCH
;
Khalil ENNOURI
Author Information
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords: Humans; Forearm injuries; Fractures, bone; Median nerve; Transplants
- MeSH: Adolescent; Bony Callus; Delayed Diagnosis; Diagnosis; Forearm Injuries; Forearm; Fractures, Bone; Humans; Hypesthesia; Male; Median Nerve; Nerve Compression Syndromes; Transplants
- From:Archives of Plastic Surgery 2019;46(2):171-175
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
- Abstract: Forearm fractures are common injuries in childhood. Median nerve entrapment is a rare complication of forearm fractures, but several cases have been reported in the literature. This case report discusses the diagnosis and management of median nerve entrapment in a 13-year-old male who presented acutely with a both-bone forearm fracture and numbness in the median nerve distribution. Following the delayed diagnosis, surgical exploration revealed complete nerve entrapment and a nerve graft was performed.
