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Neurological complications are often unnoticed, and their immediate postoperative diagnosis is difficult, particularly in young children. Neurapraxia, the most common complication, usually undergoes spontaneous nerve recovery. Case Presentation: We report a case of a 7-year-old patient with postoperative median nerve palsy after an SCHF (Gartland type III) who was referred to our unit from another hospital due to a lack of spontaneous recovery. In addition, motor and sensory functions were absent. As ultrasound (US) indicated nerve kinking at the fracture site, an exploration was performed. The nerve was trapped within the fracture and the callus. It was surgically extracted, and intraoperative examination with US indicated that resecting the kinked nerve, freeing the two stumps, and attempting a primary end-to-end suture represented the best course of action. We present this case with a 5-year follow-up surgery, which showed a good clinical outcome. Conclusions: This case is noteworthy because of its diagnostic and therapeutic pathways, and it is complemented by surgical and ultrasound images that can assist other surgeons in similar circumstances.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/reports8010023","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2025,2,18]],"date-time":"2025-02-18T03:47:06Z","timestamp":1739850426000},"page":"23","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":1,"title":["A Case Report of Median Nerve Entrapment in a Supracondylar Humeral Fracture: Diagnosis, Treatment, and Results After 5 Years of Follow-Up"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"8","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-5434-359X","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Carlo","family":"Colonna","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"ASST Papa Giovanni XXIII, 24127 Bergamo, BG, Italy"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0009-0000-7714-7981","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Joil","family":"Ramazzotti","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"ASST Bergamo Ovest, Treviglio Hospital, 24047 Treviglio, BG, Italy"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Francesco","family":"Locatelli","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Hand Surgery and Reconstructive Microsurgery Department, ASST Gaetano Pini-CTO, 20122 Milan, MI, Italy"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-5577-6880","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Alessandro","family":"Crosio","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Hand Surgery and Reconstructive Microsurgery Department, ASST Gaetano Pini-CTO, 20122 Milan, MI, Italy"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-1349-7082","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Pierluigi","family":"Tos","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Hand Surgery and Reconstructive Microsurgery Department, ASST Gaetano Pini-CTO, 20122 Milan, MI, Italy"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2025,2,18]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"1584","DOI":"10.2106\/00004623-196951080-00008","article-title":"Anterior interosseous-nerve paralysis as a complication of supracondylar fractures of the humerus in children","volume":"51","author":"Spinner","year":"1969","journal-title":"J. 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