Premium
Forearm ulnar‐to‐median nerve anastomosis of sensory axons
Author(s) -
Hopf Hanns C.
Publication year - 1990
Publication title -
muscle and nerve
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.025
H-Index - 145
eISSN - 1097-4598
pISSN - 0148-639X
DOI - 10.1002/mus.880130715
Subject(s) - median nerve , forearm , ulnar nerve , medicine , anatomy , wrist , radial nerve , elbow , sensory system , electrophysiology , anastomosis , middle finger , sensory nerve , surgery , thumb , neuroscience , psychology
A 22‐year‐old man showed electrophysiological evidence of an ulnar‐to‐median nerve communication involving only sensory fibers. The nerve action potentials evoked by stimulation of the middle finger (ulnar side) and the ring finger (radial side) digital nerves were propagated with the median nerve at the wrist and the ulner nerve at the elbow. He was the only subject among 30 studied with this abnormality.