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Radial
Mononeuropathy
Updated: Jun 14, 2018 | Author: Wayne E Anderson, DO,
FAHS, FAAN; Chief Editor: Nicholas Lorenzo, MD, MHA,
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The Radial Nerve from Gray's Anatomy (published
1918, public domain, copyright expired).

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Background
Radial neuropathies result from injury due to
penetrating wounds or fractures of the arm,
compression, or ischemia. Most commonly, they
present with a wrist drop. The pattern of clinical
involvement is dependent
1 of 1on the level of injury.
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Radial neuropathies can occur from surgical