Biomed Pap Med Fac Univ Palacky Olomouc Czech Repub. 2009, 153(4):303-306 | DOI: 10.5507/bp.2009.052

VARIATION OF THE MEDIAN NERVE COURSE AND ITS CLINICAL IMPORTANCE

Zora Haviarova^a,b, Hisham El Falougy^a,b, Anna Killingerova^a, Viktor Matejcik^c

^a Institute of Anatomy, Faculty of Medicine, Comenius University, Bratislava, Slovak Republic

^b Department of Anatomy, Slovak Medical University, Bratislava

^c Department of Neurosurgery, Faculty of Medicine, Comenius University

Aims and methods: In our work we present and describe the variation of the course of the median nerve found in both upper limbs of one of the cadavers in our Institute of Anatomy (Medical Faculty, Comenius University, Bratislava, Slovakia) during the students dissection of the peripheral nerves and vessels.

Results and conclusion: This non-standard course of the median nerve was compared with a standard course described in the anatomical literature and atlases, and confronted with the variations of the median nerve found and its course described in the available literature. We also provide some clinical implications of such peripheral nerve variability because understanding such anomalies is important in the diagnosis of unexplained clinical signs and symptoms as well as during nerve blocks and certain surgical procedures around the neck and proximal arm.

Keywords: Variation, Course, Median Nerve, Formation

Received: June 15, 2009; Accepted: October 30, 2009; Published: December 1, 2009  Show citation