Abstract:OBJECTIVE
The purpose of this study was to describe the anatomy of donor and recipient median nerve motor branches for nerve transfer surgery within the cubital fossa.
METHODS
Bilateral upper limbs of 10 fresh cadavers were dissected after dyed latex was injected into the axillary artery.
RESULTS
In the cubital fossa, the first branch was always the proximal branch of the pronator teres (PPT), whereas the last one was the anterior interosseous nerve (AIN) and the distal motor branch of the flexor digitorum… Show more
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