• Arch Orthop Trauma Surg · Jan 1998

    Review Case Reports

    Traumatic forearm amputation with avulsions of the ulnar and median nerves from the brachial plexus.

    • T Kaleli and R A Ozerdemoglu.
    • Uludağ University, Faculty of Medicine, Dept. of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, Bursa, Turkey.
    • Arch Orthop Trauma Surg. 1998 Jan 1; 118 (1-2): 119120119-20.

    AbstractA case of a traumatic forearm amputation and associated complete avulsions of the ulnar and median nerves from the brachial plexus due to a crush-traction injury of the distal part of the right forearm is reported. The patient also suffered a traumatic head injury. The injury of the upper limb and the general condition of the patient were so serious that an amputation at the 1/3 middle part of the forearm had to be performed.

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