Traumatic nerve injuries about the elbow.

Abstract

Although not common, nerve injuries about the elbow occur because of the proximity of the three upper extremity nerves or because of the relationship of the median, ulnar, and radial nerves to the bony and soft-tissue structures about the elbow joint. Nerve injuries at and about the elbow joint occur more frequently with fractures than with any other kind of trauma. Nerve injuries may be found with periarticular fractures, dislocations, gunshot wounds, lacerations, and other iatrogenic causes.