Vol. 116 No. 2 (2011)
Original Article

Concurrent variations of median and musculocutaneous nerves and their clinical correlation – a cadaveric study

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  • Virendra Budhiraja,
  • Rakhi Rastogi,
  • Ajay Kumar Asthana,
  • Priti Sinha,
  • Atul Krishna,
  • Vikas Trivedi

Published 2011-11-29

Keywords

  • anatomical variations,
  • median nerve

How to Cite

Budhiraja, V., Rastogi, R., Asthana, A. K., Sinha, P., Krishna, A., & Trivedi, V. (2011). Concurrent variations of median and musculocutaneous nerves and their clinical correlation – a cadaveric study. Italian Journal of Anatomy and Embryology, 116(2), 67–72. Retrieved from https://oajournals.fupress.net/index.php/ijae/article/view/1095
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Abstract

Variations of median nerve, musculocutaneous nerve and their communicating branches are of interest for anatomists and surgeons. These variations may be vulnerable to damage in surgical procedures. We examined median nerve and musculocutaneous nerve concurrently in 58 cadavers, i.e. 116 superior extremities, and found median nerve innervating muscle of the anterior compartment of arm in the absence of musculocutaneous nerve in 11.2% superior extremities, splitting of median nerve in the arm into median nerve proper and musculocutaneous nerve in 5.12% superior extremities, and communication between median and musculocutaneous nerves in 20.7% superior extremities. Knowledge of such anatomical variations is helpful for surgeons treating neoplasm or repairing trauma.
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