Table 5.
Causes and mechanisms of traumatic radial nerve injuries.
| N of patients (=93) | Traumatic nerve lesions | Gender |
Age groups |
Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Male | Female | 0–25 | 26–50 | 51–75 | |||
| Cause of injury | Road traffic accident | 22 | 5 | 12 | 15 | — | 27 |
| Occupational accident | 22 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 26 | |
| Fall from the standing position | 14 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 20 | |
| Compression due to bad posture during sleep | 5 | 3 | — | 8 | — | 8 | |
| Physical confrontation | 8 | — | 5 | 3 | — | 8 | |
| Heavy object crushing as a nonoccupational accident | 2 | — | 2 | — | — | 2 | |
| Gunshot wound | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | |
| Traction by a dog leash | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | 1 | |
| Mechanism of injury | Fracture-related contusion with traction | 34 | 10 | 11 | 22 | 11 | 44 |
| Laceration | 16 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 18 | |
| Contusion not related to fracture | 12 | 2 | 6 | 8 | — | 14 | |
| Compression | 5 | 3 | — | 8 | — | 8 | |
| Cut | 7 | — | 4 | — | 3 | 7 | |
| Posttraumatic fibrosis | — | 2 | — | — | 2 | 2 | |