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Type 4 median nerve entrapment in a child after elbow dislocation

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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.

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  1. Başkent Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi, Adana Uygulama ve Araştırma Merkezi, Dadaloğlu Mah.39.Sok. No: 6, 01250, Yüreğir/ADANA , Turkey

    Gürkan Özkoç

  2. Baskent University School of Medicine, Department of Orthopedics and Traumatology, Adana Medical Center, Adana, Turkey

    Gürkan Özkoç, Sercan Akpınar, Murat Ali Hersekli, Metin Özalay & Mustafa Uysal

  3. Department of Orthopedics and Traumatology, Baskent University School of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey

    N. Reha Tandoğan

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Özkoç, G., Akpınar, S., Hersekli, M.A. et al. Type 4 median nerve entrapment in a child after elbow dislocation. Arch Orthop Trauma Surg 123, 555–557 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00402-003-0565-1

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