title: Variations of the superficial peroneal nerve and its terminal branches in the Turkish newborn fetuses.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The topography of the superficial peroneal nerve (SPN) and its terminal     branches were studied, with the aim of providing further anatomical details for     leg and foot in the Turkish newborn fetuses.
  
  
  METHODS
  Limbs from     twenty newborn cadavers were dissected. The course of the SPN on the leg and its     terminal branches on the foot were investigated.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The SPN was lateral     (75%), anterior (15%), or branched in both areas (10%) of the cases. The SPN in     the dorsum of the feet branched further into medial dorsal cutaneous nerve     (MDCn) and intermediate dorsal cutaneous nerve (IDCn). In 82.5% of the cases the     MDCn and the IDCn split into three and two branches, respectively. In 10% of the     cases, the MDCn gave off three, and the IDCn one terminal branches. In 7.5% of     the cases, the MDCn had three while the IDCn had two branches that communicated     with the lateral dorsal cutaneous nerve.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The course of SPN on the     anterolateral surface of the leg and its terminal branches on the dorsal surface     of the foot were quite different. This unusual variant location will enable the     surgeon to find and preserve the SPN and its terminal branches.
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Medicine, Department of Anatomy, Rize University, Rize, Turkey. orhanbas55@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Orhan
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Bas
authors.forename: Sait
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bilgic
authors.forename: Ahmet
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Salbacak
authors.forename: Osman Fikret
authors.initials: OF
authors.lastname: Sonmez
authors.forename: Adem
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Erkut
mesh_terms: D002102:Cadaver; D005121:Extremities / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000294:innervation; D005333:Fetus / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D005528:Foot / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000294:innervation; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007866:Leg / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000294:innervation; D010543:Peroneal Nerve / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D012867:Skin / Q000294:innervation; D014421:Turkey