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If a nerve palsy occurs the posterior interosseous nerve is most commonly involved. The nerve is tethered as it passes under the fibrous arch of the supinator and arcade of Frohse. Radial nerve palsy with anterior dislocation of the radial head has been reported but is rare.


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