Author(s)

Amadou N. Kassé^1*, Malick Diallo¹, Souleymane Diao¹, Mohamed Tall², Babacar Thiam¹, Jean Claude F. Sané¹, Mouhamadou H. Sy¹

¹Hopital General de Grand Yoff of Dakar, Dakar, Sénégal.
²CHU Yalgado Ouedraogo, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso.

Radial nerve injuries in displaced extension-type supracondylar humeral fractures in children are well known. Entrapment in fracture of radial nerve is uncommon and rarely evocated in literature. We report two similar cases in the mechanism of injury, the clinical findings and the treatment and propose therapeutic guidelines.

Entrapment, Radial Nerve, Exploration, Supracondylar Humeral Fractures

Kassé, A. , Diallo, M. , Diao, S. , Tall, M. , Thiam, B. , Sané, J. and Sy, M. (2016) The Radial Nerve Entrapment in Pediatric Extension-Type Supracondylar Humeral Fractures. About Two Cases Reports. Open Journal of Orthopedics, 6, 52-57. doi: 10.4236/ojo.2016.63008.