Entrapment of the median nerve in a greenstick forearm fracture: A case report and review of the literature

Bulletin: Hospital for Joint Diseases

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 220-223

  Proubasta, Ignacio R ^a,b   De Sena, Lydia ^a   Cáceres, Enric P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL DE LA SANTA CREU I SANT PAU   (Spain)

Author keywords

Forearm fracture; Greenstick fracture; Nerve entrapment

Indexed keywords

BONE; NEUROLOGY; SURGERY;

GREENSTICK FOREARM FRACTURE; MEDIAN NERVE ENTRAPMENT;

ORTHOPEDICS;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; FOREARM FRACTURE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; NERVE COMPRESSION; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; RADIODIAGNOSIS; SCHOOL CHILD; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CHILD; HUMANS; MALE; MEDIAN NEUROPATHY; NERVE COMPRESSION SYNDROMES; RADIUS FRACTURES; ULNA FRACTURES;

EID: 0033491852     PISSN: 00185647     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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