[Nerve lesions following injuries of the upper limbs in childhood (author's transl)].

A total of 93 cases of nerve lesions in the limbs in children is reported. After blunt trauma (n = 53), there was most often damage to the ulnar nerve (n = 28), especially in the area of the elbow joint, followed by the radial nerve (n = 14) and the median nerve (n = 11). Causes were primary pressure and scar compression following fractures of the elbow and forearm, where ventral re-siting and/or neurolysis were necessary in serious denervation processes. Among the cutting injuries (n = 40), the lesions in the area of the underside of the wrist severing the ulnar and median nerves, more rarely the radial nerve, are particularly mentioned. They have a good prognosis following microsurgery. Independent of their localisation, the following have a poor prognosis: all crushing injuries, multiple injuries, multilation lesions and non-visible stretching and tearing in the area of the plexus.