Sensory neural loop of the median nerve at the carpal tunnel.
This article discusses a sensory neural loop on the radial aspect of the median nerve in the palm. The surgeon should be aware of this anomaly when the transverse carpal ligament is divided to approach the structures contained in the carpal canal.
Eastern Virginia Graduate School of Medicine, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Norfolk.
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LB
Davlin
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PL
Aulicino
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TG
Bergfield
D000328:Adult; D002349:Carpal Tunnel Syndrome / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008022:Ligaments / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D008297:Male; D008475:Median Nerve / Q000002:abnormalities*