Acute closed radial nerve injury

We present a 45-year-old patient who had acute radial nerve palsy following a blunt trauma without any fracture or dislocation. He was injured by strucking in a combat three months ago. The patient has been followed by application of a long-arm plaster cast before referred to our clinic. Preoperative electromyoneurography and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) indicated that there was a radial nerve injury on humeral groove. The British Medical Research Council (MRC) grade was 2/5 on his wrist preoperatively. The patient underwent an operation under general anesthesia. It was seen to be a second-degree nerve injury. The patient has subsequently regained full movement on his wrist and finger extension in six months. We suggest that a detailed clinical and electrodiagnostical evaluation is necessary in patients who have radial nerve injury when deciding the treatment, conservative or surgical.

Object Details

• Location: Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
• Extent: Online-Ressource
• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Acute closed radial nerve injury ; volume:6 ; number:02 ; year:2011 ; pages:106-109 ; Asian journal of neurosurgery ; 6, Heft 02 (2011), 106-109

Contributors, Places and Time

• Contributor: Tuncel, Umut ; Turan, Aydin ; Kostakoglu, Naci

Further information

• DOI: 10.4103/1793-5482.92175
• URN: urn:nbn:de:101:1-2022120112433422611669
• Rights: Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
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