Radial nerve entrapment in the upper arm as a cause of lateral arm pain: A report of four cases
2001 (English)In: Scandinavian Journal of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery and Hand Surgery, ISSN 2000-656X, E-ISSN 2000-6764, Vol. 35, no 2, p. 217-220Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]
Four patients with no history of trauma presented with lateral arm pain, local tenderness, and a tingling sensation at the distal end of the arm when the radial nerve was percussed in the mid-third of the upper arm (Tinel's sign), but no clinical or subjective signs of muscular weakness. They were treated by decompression of the radial nerve in the fibrous canal proximal to the lateral intermuscular septum. Three of the patients had a complete or pronounced reduction in pain, while the fourth had only a slight improvement. Non-traumatic radial nerve entrapment in the upper arm may be the cause of lateral arm pain without clinical signs of muscular weakness.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
2001. Vol. 35, no 2, p. 217-220
Keywords [en]
Radial nerve entrapment, Surgical decompression, Upper arm
National Category
Medical and Health Sciences
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-47308DOI: 10.1080/028443101300165381OAI: oai:DiVA.org:liu-47308DiVA, id: diva2:268204
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