Huang K, Pun W K, Coleman S
St. Andrew's Hospital, Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia.
J Trauma. 1998 Jun;44(6):1101-2. doi: 10.1097/00005373-199806000-00029.
To report an unusual neurologic complication associated with greenstick fractures of the forearm.
Near-complete transection of the median nerve associated with greenstick fractures of the shaft of the left radius and ulna in a 13-year-old boy is described. The results of treatment are reported in detail.
Significant median nerve injury may coexist with apparently benign, closed greenstick fractures of the forearm.
