Diagnosis and treatment of radial nerve injury following internal fixation for humeral shaft fracture / 中华创伤骨科杂志
Chinese Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma
;
(12)2004.
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en Chino
| WPRIM
| ID: wpr-584378
ABSTRACT
Objective To explore the etiology and treatmen t of radial nerve injury following in ternal fixa-tion for humeral shaft fracture.Methods 15patients were treated in our department from 1997to 2003for radial nerve injury following steal-plate internal fixation.They were selected for this study and followed up from6to 18months.Their injury cause,clinica l manifestation,methods of treatme nt,diagnosis and prognosis were retrospec-tively analyzed.Results The symptoms of nerve injury disappeared in all patients.Their muscle strength of wrist and digit extension returned to grad e V.The electromyogram showed that t heir nerve conduction velocity and l atent period returned to normal.Conclusions Excessive traction,careless manip ulation and steel plate compression are the main causes for iatrogenic radia l nerve injury.The nerve function can be completely recovered with early diag-nosis and early neurolysis.[
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Chino
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Chinese Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma
Año:
2004
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