Median Nerve Injury Caused by Screw Malpositioning in Percutaneous Scaphoid Fracture Fixation

Summary:. An unusual complication of percutaneous fixation of a schapoid fracture in a 36-year-old man is described. After this surgery, the patient complained of numbness and tingling within the median nerve distribution and thenar weakness. An Electromyography showing moderate CTS had led to carpa...

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Main Authors: Marta Starnoni, MD, Giulia Colzani, MD, Giorgio De Santis, MD, Andrea Leti Acciaro, MD
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer 2019-06-01
Series:Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Global Open
Online Access:http://journals.lww.com/prsgo/fulltext/10.1097/GOX.0000000000002292