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Charles S. Neer II, MD; S. Ashley Grantham, MD; Robert R. Foster, MD; Otto E. Aufranc, MD

JAMA. 1970;214(13):2307-2311.

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DR. FOSTER: A 4-year-old boy was brought to the emergency ward of the Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center about one-half hour after he had been run over by a garbage truck. He had multiple abrasions, including one on his forehead, but it could not be ascertained whether he had been unconscious. Both thighs were tender and swollen and exhibited obvious deformities at the proximal third. The results of general physical and neurological examinations were within normal limits, except for a complete left sciatic nerve palsy as evidenced by absent motor function below the knee, absent left ankle jerk, and absent sensation over the lateral aspect of the calf and foot. The left knee jerk was intact, as was sensation over the medial aspect of the calf and foot in the distribution of the saphenous nerve. At the junction of the upper and middle thirds of the left thigh posteriorly, there was a . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
From the New York Orthopaedic Hospital, Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center, New York (Drs. Neer, Grantham, and Foster), and the Fracture Clinic, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston (Dr. Aufranc).

Footnotes
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