%0 Journal Article
%T S¨ªndrome de atrapamiento del nervio inter¨®seo anterior
%A Cabrera Viltres
%A Nelson
%A ¨¢lvarez Placeres
%A Leopoldo
%A Rom¨¢n Salles Betancourt
%A Guido
%A Espinosa Tejeda
%A Nayibis
%A Bernal Gonz¨¢lez
%A Mario de Jes¨²s
%A Montes de Oca Ch¨²
%A Carmen Julia
%J Revista Cubana de Ortopedia y Traumatolog£¿-a
%D 2011
%I Editorial Ciencias M¨¦dicas
%X introduction: trapping syndrome of anterior interosseous nerve is an uncommon disease, however, a great number than reported came to consultation. this is due to among other factors, to the lack of knowledge of this entity leading to a misdiagnosis and a insufficient treatment. objective: to assess the results obtained with surgical treatment of this disease. methods: a quasi-experimental study was conducted in 18 patients diagnosed with trapping syndrome of anterior interosseous nerve operated on the upper extremities services of the "frank pa¨ªs" international orthopedic scientific complex from december 1, 2003 to march 31, 2009. results were assessed by application of a modified score for the study group from the cooney and shah and jones score. results: the mean age of group was of 31.8 years with a rank between 17 and 58 years which included 14 female patients and 4 male patients; the latency time was of 5.7 months with a rank between 3 and 9 months. the pains, a positive tinel sign for interosseous nerve; is present in the 100 % of cases. results were assessed between good and excellent in 14 patients (77.8 %). in any case the results were assessed as poor. conclusions: the surgical treatment is an effective choice method in face a trapping syndrome of anterior interosseous nerve t hat may be involved for a longstanding latency period.
%K anterior interosseous nerve
%K surgery
%K upper limb.
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