Median Nerve Variation: A Complete Spin before Terminal Branching
Median nerve anatomy is of great interest to clinicians and scientists given the importance of this nerve and its association with diseases. A rare anatomical variant of the median nerve in the distal forearm and wrist was discovered during a cadaveric dissection. The median nerve was deep to the fl...
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| description | Median nerve anatomy is of great interest to clinicians and scientists given the importance of this nerve and its association with diseases. A rare anatomical variant of the median nerve in the distal forearm and wrist was discovered during a cadaveric dissection. The median nerve was deep to the flexor digitorum superficialis (FDS) in the carpal tunnel. It underwent a 360-degree spin before emerging at the lateral edge of FDS. The recurrent motor branch moved from medial to lateral on the deep surface of the median nerve, as it approached the distal carpal tunnel. This variant doesn't fall into any of Lanz's four groups of median nerve anomalies. We propose a fifth group that involves variations in the course of the median nerve. This report underscores the importance of recognizing variants of the median nerve anatomy in the forearm and wrist during surgical interventions, such as for carpal tunnel syndrome. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-311912e3c9394a57a7410491463702a62022-12-21T17:59:21ZengGeorg Thieme Verlag KGJournal of Brachial Plexus and Peripheral Nerve Injury1749-72212020-01-011501e1e410.1055/s-0039-3402734Median Nerve Variation: A Complete Spin before Terminal BranchingAmgad S. Hanna0Zhikui Wei1Barbara A. Hanna2Department of Neurological Surgery, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, Wisconsin, United StatesDepartment of Neurology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, United StatesCollege of Letter and Science (Premed), Undergraduate Student, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, United StatesMedian nerve anatomy is of great interest to clinicians and scientists given the importance of this nerve and its association with diseases. A rare anatomical variant of the median nerve in the distal forearm and wrist was discovered during a cadaveric dissection. The median nerve was deep to the flexor digitorum superficialis (FDS) in the carpal tunnel. It underwent a 360-degree spin before emerging at the lateral edge of FDS. The recurrent motor branch moved from medial to lateral on the deep surface of the median nerve, as it approached the distal carpal tunnel. This variant doesn't fall into any of Lanz's four groups of median nerve anomalies. We propose a fifth group that involves variations in the course of the median nerve. This report underscores the importance of recognizing variants of the median nerve anatomy in the forearm and wrist during surgical interventions, such as for carpal tunnel syndrome.http://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.1055/s-0039-3402734anatomycarpal tunnelflexor digitorum superficialismedian nervevariants |
| spellingShingle | Amgad S. Hanna Zhikui Wei Barbara A. Hanna Median Nerve Variation: A Complete Spin before Terminal Branching Journal of Brachial Plexus and Peripheral Nerve Injury anatomy carpal tunnel flexor digitorum superficialis median nerve variants |
| title | Median Nerve Variation: A Complete Spin before Terminal Branching |
| title_full | Median Nerve Variation: A Complete Spin before Terminal Branching |
| title_fullStr | Median Nerve Variation: A Complete Spin before Terminal Branching |
| title_full_unstemmed | Median Nerve Variation: A Complete Spin before Terminal Branching |
| title_short | Median Nerve Variation: A Complete Spin before Terminal Branching |
| title_sort | median nerve variation a complete spin before terminal branching |
| topic | anatomy carpal tunnel flexor digitorum superficialis median nerve variants |
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