title: Formation and location of the sural nerve in the newborn.
abstract: In this study, the location and formation of the sural nerve were examined in 40 legs of new-born cadavers. The sural nerve was formed by the peroneal communicating branch from the common peroneal nerve joining the medial sural cutaneous nerve in 27 of 40 legs (67.5%). It was formed by the peroneal communicating branch from the lateral sural cutaneous nerve joining the medial sural cutaneous nerve in 4 (10%). It was formed by the peroneal communicating branch from the common peroneal nerve and fibers from the posterior femoral cutaneous nerve joining the medial sural cutaneous nerve in 2 (5%). In 5 of 40 legs (12.5%), the medial sural cutaneous nerve was in the place of the sural nerve without joining any other nerve. In one case (5%), the sural nerve was not formed bilaterally.
authors.affiliation: Karadeniz Technical University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Anatomy.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Uluutku
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Can
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Kurtoglu
mesh_terms: D002102:Cadaver; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007866:Leg / Q000294:innervation*; D008297:Male; D013497:Sural Nerve / Q000033:anatomy & histology*