Operative treatment of palsy of the posterior interosseous nerve of the forearm
Young, C.; Hudson, A.; Richards, R.
Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery. American Volume 72(8): 1215-1219
1990
ISSN/ISBN: 0021-9355 PMID: 2204631 Document Number: 361420
The cases of forty patients who were operated on consecutively for palsy of the posterior interosseous nerve were analyzed. The injury was iatrogenic in sixteen patients, traumatic in fifteen, and non-traumatic in nine. Persistent paralysis (partial or complete) was the only indication for operation. Operative neurolysis was done in twenty-three patients; interfascicular nerve-grafting, in twelve; internal neurolysis, in one; and tendon transfer, in four. An excellent or good functional result was documented for all but three patients, of whom two had had neurolysis and one, nerve-grafting.