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Fracture of the hamate hook presenting as median nerve palsy
O Sugawara1, K Katayama, S Togiya
1Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Shibetsu Municipal Hospital, Shibetsu City, Japan.
Archives of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery
|April 1, 1998
Abstract:
We report a case of fracture of the hamate hook presenting as median nerve palsy and discuss the etiology of this rarely seen complication. We consider that the median nerve palsy in this case was due to direct nerve compression within the carpal tunnel caused by a displaced fractured hook fragment.