Median nerve lesions in pediatric displaced supracondylar humerus fracture: A prospective neurological, electrodiagnostic and ultrasound characterization.

ABSTRACT:

Background and purpose

Supracondylar humerus fractures (SCHFs) are the most common elbow fractures in children. Traumatic median nerve injury and isolated lesions of its pure forearm motor branch, anterior interosseus nerve (AIN), have both been independently reported as complications of displaced SCHFs. Our main objectives were to characterize the neurological syndrome to distinguish median nerve from AIN lesions and to determine the prognosis of median nerve lesions after displaced SCHFs.

Methods

Ten children were prospectively followed for an average of 11.6 months. Patients received a standardized clinical examination and high-resolution ultrasound of the median nerve every 1-3 months starting 1-2 months after trauma. Electrodiagnostic studies were performed within the f

SUBMITTER: Schadlich IS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11555132 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature