Median Nerve Entrapment Neuropathy in Pediatric Forearm Fracture

CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · Indian J Plast Surg 2022; 55(01): 121-123
DOI: 10.1055/s-0042-1743129

Letter to the Editor

Mangesh K. Pawar

¹Department of Plastic Surgery, B.Y.L Nair Charitable Hospital and TNMC, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

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Bipin A. Ghanghurde

²Department of Plastic Surgery, Bai Jerbai Wadia Hospital for Children, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

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Chandana C.

³LTMGH and LTMC, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

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Mukund R. Thatte

⁴Bai Jerbai Wadia Hospital for Children, Bombay Hospital and Institute of Medical Sciences, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

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