Processus Supracondyloidea Humeri with Concomitant Compression of the Median Nerve and the Ulnar Nerve

1 January 1977

journal article
research article
Published by Medical Journals Sweden AB in Acta Orthopaedica

Vol. 48 (4) , 391-393
https://doi.org/10.3109/17453677708992014

Abstract

Compression of the median nerve and the ulnar nerve due to the anatomical anomaly processus supracondyloidea humeri is a rare condition. a case of combined median and ulnar nerve compression is described. Diagnostics and treatment are discussed in the light of the present case history and those described in the literature. The conclusion is that the treatment should be subperiosteal resection of the process together with the origin of the pronator teres muscle.

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