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Bilateral Pronator Syndrome: A Casereport, Ti-Yi Wu, Hui-Lin Lin, Eou-Ting Hsieh, Chein-Wei Chang, Wei Wu

Rehabilitation Practice and Science

Pronator syndrome as a compression of median nerve at proximal forearm level is uncommon in all entrapment neuropathies. Only one case with bilateral pronator syndrome has been reported in the literature. A 51 year-old female suffered from numbness over bilateral hands for years, then she received neurolysis of median nerves at wrist level under the impression of bilateral carpal tunnel syndrome. Four months after operation, she still suffered from grip weakness and numbness over forearms and bilateral radial 3 and half fingers. Electrophysiological examination in our clinic showed non-pick up for stimulating sensory and motor nerve of right median nerve …