Clinical Importance of Anatomic Variation of the Nerves of the Upper Extremity

Mark A. Mahan; Robert J. Spinner

doi:10.1016/B978-0-12-410390-0.00046-9

Clinical Importance of Anatomic Variation of the Nerves of the Upper Extremity

Mark A. Mahan, Robert J. Spinner

Neurosurgery

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Abstract

Appreciation of nerve variation is essential for clinical practice. It provides insight into the variability of patient presentation and mechanisms of injury. Awareness facilitates surgical safety and efficacy. Clinically significant anatomic variation can be divided into two main heuristics: variability in the course or distribution of a nerve and variability of structures that may physically impinge on a nerve. This chapter illustrates these two patterns and details the specifics of the more common variations that need to be understood by clinicians and surgeons.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	History, Embryology, Anatomy, Imaging, and Diagnostics
Publisher	Elsevier Ltd
Pages	589-605
Number of pages	17
Volume	1
ISBN (Electronic)	9780124104471
ISBN (Print)	9780124103900
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-410390-0.00046-9
State	Published - Apr 23 2015

Keywords

Anomalous
Brachial plexus
Carpal tunnel
Cubital tunnel
Denervation
Entrapment
Lateral antebrachial cutaneous
Martin-Gruber
Medial antebrachial cutaneous
Median nerve
Musculocutaneous
Neuropathy
Pectoralis
Radial nerve
Riche-Cannieu
Ulnar nerve
Variation

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General Medicine

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