The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, Vol 72, Issue 8 1215-1219, Copyright © 1990 by Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, Inc
Operative treatment of palsy of the posterior interosseous nerve of the forearm
C Young, A Hudson and R Richards
From St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
The cases of forty patients who were operated on consecutively for palsy of
the posterior interosseous nerve were analyzed. The injury was iatrogenic
in sixteen patients, traumatic in fifteen, and nontraumatic in nine.
Persistent paralysis (partial or complete) was the only indication for
operation. Operative neurolysis was done in twenty-three patients;
interfascicular nerve-grafting, in twelve; internal neurolysis, in one; and
tendon transfer, in four. An excellent or good functional result was
documented for all but three patients, of whom two had had neurolysis and
one, nerve-grafting.
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