title: Digital nerve penetration by a digital artery in a patient with neurovascular symptoms: a case report.
abstract: A patient presented with neurovascular symptoms due to penetration of a proper digital nerve by a common digital artery. To knowledge, our report is the first clinically relevant description of this underrecognized, but relatively common anatomic variation.
authors.affiliation: Division of Orthopaedic Surgery, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA.
authors.forename: R J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Spinner
authors.forename: C D
authors.initials: CD
authors.lastname: Varela
authors.forename: J R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Urbaniak
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D006225:Hand / Q000098:blood supply* / Q000294:innervation*; D006230:Hand Injuries / Q000150:complications; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009408:Nerve Compression Syndromes / Q000209:etiology; D012678:Sensation Disorders / Q000209:etiology