Liam Bibo1*, Alex O’Beirne1 and Matthew Lawson-Smith1,2
1Department of Hand Surgery, Fremantle Hospital, Fremantle, Australia 2University of Notre Dame, Fremantle, Australia
*Corresponding Author: Liam Bibo, Department of Hand Surgery, Fremantle Hospital, Fremantle, Australia.
Received: December 21, 2020; Published: January 16, 2021
Carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) is the most common compressive neuropathy affecting the upper extremity. We present a rare case of atraumatic rupture of the median nerve in a patient with electrophysiology proven severe left distal median nerve neuropathy secondary to CTS.
Keywords: Median Nerve; Carpal Tunnel Syndrome; Hand; Surgery
Citation: Liam Bibo. “Atraumatic Rupture of the Distal Median Nerve".Acta Scientific Orthopaedics 4.2 (2021): 06-08.
Copyright: © 2021 Liam Bibo. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.