Metallic foreign body in the ulnar nerve in the Guyon's canal and Review of the Literature

Marco Guidi; Stefano Lucchina; Bong-Sung Kim; Inga Besmens; Paolo Ivan Fiore; Nicola Altin; Alan Cortesi; Nora Huber; Maurizio Calcagni; Martin Riegger

doi:10.1080/23320885.2021.1939702

Metallic foreign body in the ulnar nerve in the Guyon's canal and Review of the Literature

Case Reports Plast Surg Hand Surg. 2021 Jun 18;8(1):98-101. doi: 10.1080/23320885.2021.1939702. eCollection 2021.

Authors

Marco Guidi¹, Stefano Lucchina^{2

3}, Bong-Sung Kim¹, Inga Besmens¹, Paolo Ivan Fiore⁴, Nicola Altin⁴, Alan Cortesi⁴, Nora Huber¹, Maurizio Calcagni¹, Martin Riegger⁴

Affiliations

¹ Department of Plastic Surgery and Hand Surgery, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.
² Hand Surgery Unit, Locarno's Regional Hospital, Locarno, Switzerland.
³ Locarno Hand Center, Locarno, Switzerland.
⁴ Orthopaedic and Traumatology Department, Regional Hospital San Giovanni, Bellinzona, Switzerland.

Abstract

The authors present a rare case of a 61-year-old patient with a metal foreign body inside the ulnar nerve in the Guyon's canal. After the surgical removal the motor function was not impaired. At 6-month follow up from the surgical removal, the patient showed a complete motor and sensory function.

Keywords: Foreign body; nerve injury; ulnar nerve.

Publication types

Case Reports