Identification and protection of the radial nerve during surgery may prevent secondary nerve palsy, but is not always performed and depends on the location of the fracture, and the experience and ...

On clinical examination, his Glasgow Coma Scale was 15/15; higher mental functions and cranial nerve examinations were remarkably ... sign present and numbness in the hand with normal radial pulse on ...

X-rays demonstrated a transverse fracture through the cement mantle of a well-fixed cemented ... As a backup, cerclage cables were available and a posterior approach was utilized to visualize the ...

Aims Supracondylar fracture of the humerus is the most common upper limb ... Five (20%) did not have a palpable radial pulse, but had a well-perfused hand. Two were immediately explored as compound ...

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 ...