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2014, Number 2

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Cir Plast 2014; 24 (2)

Topographic imaging of the anastomosis between median and ulnar nerves at forearm and hand

Rojas RL, Nieto RLE, Sepúlveda C

Language: Spanish
References: 21
Page: 82-87
PDF size: 323.71 Kb.


ABSTRACT

146 upper limbs were dissected in the Institute of Legal Medicine in Bogotá, Colombia. The corresponding photographic record for analysis was made. These were taken as reference points, the inter-epicondyle line, inter-styloid line, Kaplan cardinal line and proximal flexor crease of the first finger. We found the Martin-Gruber anastomosis in a 56.5 Marinacci in a 6.5%, the %, the Berrettini by 90% and the Riche-Cannieu in 88% of cases. Martin Gruber and Marinacci anastomoses were found bilaterally in 97%, and palmar anastomoses in 100% of cases were found on a bilateral basis. Both the point of origin and the Union of Martin-Gruber and Marinacci anastomoses were measured from the inter-epicondyle line, finding an average of 77 mm for the first and 74 mm for the second. Riche-Cannieu anastomosis to the average measure of 38 mm of line inter-styloid; 12 mm of the cardinal line of Kaplan and 25 mm from the flexor crease proximal of the first finger. For the anastomosis of Berretinni, its point of origin was to measure average 13 mm of the cardinal line of Kaplan and 32 mm in the inter-styloid line, while their point of union was 31 mm and 50 mm. We conclude that the anastomosis between the median nerve and ulnar are constant and findings can serve for other clinical applications.


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