Supracondylar process of the humerus: A rare case with compression of the ulnar nerve

Alexandros P. Tzaveas Orthopaedic Department, 2nd IKA ETAM Hospital “Panagia”Correspondence[email protected]

Anastasios G. Dimitriadis Orthopaedic Department, 2nd IKA ETAM Hospital “Panagia”

Konstantinos I. Antoniou Orthopaedic Department, 2nd IKA ETAM Hospital “Panagia”

Ioannis G. Pazis Orthopaedic Department, 2nd IKA ETAM Hospital “Panagia”

Georgios K. Paraskevas Department of Anatomy, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece

Aristidis N. Vrettakos Orthopaedic Department, 2nd IKA ETAM Hospital “Panagia”

Abstract

A patient presented with a 6–month history of numbness and pain in the left forearm and hand over the ulnar nerve distribution. Radiographs showed a supracondylar process, which was excised. The ulnar nerve had been compressed. The patient was symptom–free two months postoperatively.

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