ArticleEFORT open reviews2016
Radial nerve palsy.
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29 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 66 citations in OpenAlex.
- Systematic review of humeral shaft fracture (OTA/AO 12) complicated with iatrogenic radial nerve injury.European journal of medical research · 2024Pooled it
- Radial Nerve Palsy Associated with Humeral Shaft Fractures in Children.BioMed research international · 2023Pooled it
- Atraumatic proximal radial nerve entrapment. Illustrative cases and systematic review of literature.European journal of orthopaedic surgery & traumatology : orthopedie traumatologie · 2022Pooled it
- Triple tendon transfer for an irreparable 10-cm radial nerve defect: a case report of functional recovery and a successful return to work as a waiter.International journal of surgery case reports · 2026Article
- Radial Nerve Palsy Associated with Humeral Shaft Fractures: Incidence, Recovery Patterns, and Functional Outcomes in Surgically Treated Patients.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2026Observational
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- [Conservative and operative treatment options for humeral shaft fractures].Unfallchirurgie (Heidelberg, Germany) · 2025Review
- Confirming the Presence of Neurapraxia and Its Potential for Immediate Reversal by Novel Diagnostic and Therapeutic Ultrasound-Guided Hydrodissection Using 5% Dextrose in Water Without Local Anesthetics: Application in a Case of Acute Radial Nerve Palsy.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Assessment, management, and rehabilitation of traumatic peripheral nerve injuries for non-surgeons.Muscle & nerve · 2025Review
- Fracture Patterns and Peripheral Brachial Plexus Injury in Humerus Fractures: A Retrospective Study.Journal of brachial plexus and peripheral nerve injury · 2025Article
- Anterograde Intramedullary Nailing without Bone Grafting for Humeral Shaft Nonunion Associated with Early Exploration of Secondary Radial Nerve Palsy: A Case Report.Neurology international · 2024Article
- Visualization of radial nerve activity at the upper arm using magnetoneurography.Clinical neurophysiology practice · 2024Article
- Functional outcome of modified Jones procedure in patient with non-union Humerus and high radial nerve palsy: A case report.Trauma case reports · 2022Article
- Treatment of Radial Nerve Palsy in Paediatric Humeral Shaft Fractures. STROBE-Compliant Investigation.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2022Article
- Physical Therapy Management in a Severe Case of Overlapping of Bone Post Crush Injury: A Case Report.Cureus · 2022Article
- Etiological and epidemiological characteristics of surgically treated radial nerve lesions: A 20-year single-center experience.Frontiers in surgery · 2022Article
- Measurement of the Radial Nerve Danger Zone in Filipino Adults: A Cadaveric Study.Malaysian orthopaedic journal · 2021Article
- Presentation and Management Outcome of High Radial Nerve Palsy with Tendon Transfers.The archives of bone and joint surgery · 2021Article
- Neurologic complications in primary anatomic and reverse total shoulder arthroplasty: A review.Journal of clinical orthopaedics and trauma · 2021Review
- A morphologic and histologic study of the radial nerve and its branches at potential compression sites.Journal of Taibah University Medical Sciences · 2020Article
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4 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
As a result of its proximity to the humeral shaft, as well as its long and tortuous course, the radial nerve is the most frequently injured major nerve in the upper limb, with its close proximity to the bone making it vulnerable when fractures occur.Injury is most frequently sustained during humeral fracture and gunshot injuries, but iatrogenic injuries are not unusual following surgical treatment of various other pathologies.Treatment is usually non-operative, but surgery is sometimes necessary, using a variety of often imaginative procedures. Because radial nerve injuries are the least debilitating of the upper limb nerve injuries, results are usually satisfactory.Conservative treatment certainly has a role, and one of the most important aspects of this treatment is to maintain a full passive range of motion in all the affected joints.Surgical treatment is indicated in cases when nerve transection is obvious, as in open injuries or when there is no clinical improvement after a period of conservative treatment. Different techniques are used including direct suture or nerve grafting, vascularised nerve grafts, direct nerve transfer, tendon transfer, functional muscle transfer or the promising, newer treatment of biological therapy. Cite this article: Bumbasirevic M, Palibrk T, Lesic A, Atkinson HDE. Radial nerve palsy.
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