DOI: 10.36347/sasjs.2018.v04i05.002

Pages: 89-93

The achievement of the radial nerve in the humeral shaft fractures is a common complication. Recovery of nerve paralysis is often the rule. We conducted a retrospective study of 26 cases, to support the prognostic factors for recovery from paralysis of the radial nerve accompanying fractures of the humeral shaft. According to our study, lack of motor recovery in the radial territory is correlated with the existence of wounds on the nerve, the degree of skin opening, the high-energy trauma. In addition, the systematic control of the radial nerve in the initial management has allowed us to observe, besides the existence of nerve wounds, nerve incarceration presence in the fracture site, making it desirable nervous systematic exploration of a humeral shaft fractures. Paralysis of the radial nerve complicates the management of humeral shaft fractures and sets the functional prognosis of upper limb game, the prognosis factors represented mainly by nerve contusion.