We report a case of a healthy 40-year-old woman, referred to our hospital with a complete radial nerve palsy and a failed plate fixation of a right humeral shaft fracture. During exploration of the ...
On clinical examination, his Glasgow Coma Scale was 15/15; higher mental functions and cranial nerve examinations ... with normal radial pulse on initial examination. Radiographs showed Neer’s four ...
Intraoperatively, a posterior triceps splitting approach was used and the radial nerve was dissected and protected. The humeral stem was confirmed to be well fixed within the cement mantle. Next, the ...
Aims Supracondylar fracture of the humerus is the ... did not have a palpable radial pulse, but had a well-perfused hand. Two were immediately explored as compound fractures. Both required brachial ...
Regarding the individual nerves, 59 (43.1%) patients had median nerve integrity documented, 55 (40.1%) ulnar nerve and 49 (35.8%) radial nerve integrity documented ... of a proforma (Liverpool upper ...
Uncommonly, direct force applied to the flexed elbow may displace the distal humerus fracture anteriorly. Gartland [1] classified extension fractures into three types: type I fractures are ...