OBJECTIVE To determine the profile of patients with humeral diaphyseal fractures in a tertiary hospital. METHODS We conducted a survey from January 2010 to July 2012, including data from patients classified under humeral diaphyseal fracture (S42.3) according to the International Classification of Diseases (ICD-10). The variables analyzed were: age, gender, presence of radial nerve injury, cau...

T he radial nerve is the most frequently injured of the three major peripheral nerves in the upper extremity.u It is most vulnerable to injury at the mid-humeral level, since it lies superficially and wraps around the spiral groove of the humerus. The most common causes of radial palsy are fractures of the humerus, elbow dislocations, and Monteggia fracture-dislocations. Barton states that one ...

Anesthesia-associated nerve injury is a common cause of patient morbidity and litigation. To identify factors associated with perioperative nerve injuries and rationalize preventive strategies, 44 cases from the American Association of Nurse Anesthetists (AANA) Foundation Closed Malpractice Claims Database pertaining to nerve injuries in which nurse anesthetists provided care were analyzed. Eme...

OBJECTIVE Basal joint arthritis is a common cause of pain and disability, particularly in elderly women. Corticosteroid injection with splinting provides a reliable long-term relief for patients with mild arthritis. Proper location of the basal joint with anatomic landmarks can facilitate diagnosis and treatment of basal joint arthritis while avoiding inadvertent injury to local structures. The...

BACKGROUND Abdominoplasty is a common cosmetic procedure; nerve injury is an underexplored risk of the procedure. OBJECTIVE The authors review existing literature to examine the incidence and treatment of nerve injuries after abdominoplasty procedures and provide a treatment algorithm based on their results. METHODS A search of the literature on MEDLINE, EMBASE, and the Cochrane Database of...

AIM OF THE STUDY The injury of the radial nerve is not uncommon in humeral shaft fractures. These lesions may be of different types and levels and their treatment changes depending on traumatic characteristic. The authors present a case report of a patient affected by a closed shaft humeral fracture, consequence of an high energy trauma, associated with motor palsy of the radial nerve in which ...

The management of closed fractures of the humerus with an associated nerve palsy remains controversial. With very little written about this injury in children, we present the case of a three-year-old child with a closed humeral shaft fracture in whom surgical exploration and reconstruction of the radial nerve with a sural nerve graft was performed three months after injury. The child regained f...

traumatic peripheral nerve injuries are among most important cause of physical disability among young adults. most partial injuries and some complete injuries recover without operative intervention, with early return of function appearing to be the most significant prognostic factor in these cases. return of function over time depends to a great extent on the underlying neuropathologic conditio...