Anatomical study of the transfer of flexor digitorum superficialis nerve branch of median nerve to restore wrist extension and forearm pronation

Abstract Objective To analyze the anatomical variations of the innervation of the flexor digitorum superficialis muscle and to determine if the branch of the median nerve that supply this muscle is connected to the branches to the extensor carpi radialis brevis and the pronator teres muscles, with...

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Main Authors: Edie Benedito Caetano, Luiz Angelo Vieira, Cristina Schmitt Cavalheiro, Marcel Henrique Arcuri, Rodrigo Guerra Sabongi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto Israelita de Ensino e Pesquisa Albert Einstein
Series:Einstein (São Paulo)
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1679-45082019000300209&lng=en&tlng=en