Open AccessCadaveric study of anatomical variations of the median nerve and persistent median artery at wrist
Author(s) -
Pawan Agarwal,
Shivkant Gupta,
Prashant Yadav,
Dhananjaya Sharma
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
indian journal of plastic surgery/indian journal of plastic surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.299
H-Index - 29
eISSN - 1998-376X
pISSN - 0970-0358
DOI - 10.4103/0970-0358.129632
Subject(s) - medicine , median nerve , anatomy , wrist , cadaveric spasm , cadaver , dissection (medical) , surgery
Awareness of anatomical variations of the median nerve at wrist is important in repair of traumatic injuries and treatments of compression syndrome because in these situations precise dissection of the nerve is mandatory and such variations are not infrequent.