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MEDIAN NERVE ENTRAPMENT AFTER DISLOCATION OF THE ELBOW

Report of a Case

L. Mannerfelt 1

1 Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and Hand Service, University Hospital, Lund; Lund, Sweden

1. A lesion of the median nerve after reduction of a dislocated elbow in a boy of nine is recorded.

2. The nerve lesion was progressive, and at operation on the seventh day after injury the nerve was found to be trapped in the joint between the humerus and the ulna.

3. The nerve was freed and gradual recovery occurred.
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Hip, Knee, Trauma, Upper limb, Foot & Ankle, Paediatrics, Oncology, Spine, Arthroplasty, General