Abstract
There are four main nerves in the distal forearm and wrist: the median nerve, the ulnar nerve, the superficial radial nerve, and the posterior interosseous nerve. The most commonly affected nerve in distal radius fractures is the median nerve.
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Odinsson, A. (2014). Nerve Entrapments and Nerve Injuries in Distal Radius Fractures. In: Hove, L., Lindau, T., Hølmer, P. (eds) Distal Radius Fractures. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-54604-4_33
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