Type 4 median nerve entrapment in a child after elbow dislocation

Arch Orthop Trauma Surg. 2003 Dec;123(10):555-7. doi: 10.1007/s00402-003-0565-1. Epub 2003 Aug 14.

Abstract

CASE STUDIED: Median nerve entrapment is a rare, serious complication of elbow dislocation. We report a Type 4 median nerve entrapment after elbow dislocation in a 10-year-old boy. Radiologically Matev's sign and a new radiological finding-a sclerotic tunnel at the lateral side of the olecranon-were seen.

Treatment: The patient was treated by excising the damaged segment and reanastomosing the nerve 13 months after the injury.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Child
  • Elbow Joint*
  • Electromyography
  • Humans
  • Joint Dislocations / complications*
  • Joint Dislocations / therapy
  • Male
  • Median Nerve / surgery*
  • Median Neuropathy / diagnosis
  • Median Neuropathy / etiology
  • Median Neuropathy / surgery*
  • Nerve Compression Syndromes / diagnosis
  • Nerve Compression Syndromes / etiology
  • Nerve Compression Syndromes / surgery*
  • Neurosurgical Procedures / methods*
  • Treatment Outcome