TY - JOUR
T1 - The radial sensory nerve entrapped between the two slips of a split brachioradialis tendon
T2 - A rare aspect of Wartenberg's syndrome
AU - Turkof, Edvin
AU - Puig, Stefan
AU - Choi, Seung Suk
AU - Zöch, Gerald
AU - Lee Dellon, A.
N1 - Funding Information:
The study was supported by the Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Experimental Plastic Surgery,V ienna, Austria.
PY - 1995/7
Y1 - 1995/7
N2 - A retrospective study was designed to verify how often an anatomic variation caused the radial sensory nerve entrapment at the forearm (Wartenberg's syndrome). This variation, in which the superficial branch of the radial nerve emerges from under the fascia between two slips of a split brachioradialis tendon, was mentioned once in a clinical textbook as a basis for nerve entrapment but was found to occur in 5 of 150 dissected arms in 4 of 75 cadavers (3.3% of the investigated arms) in a recent anatomic study. To evaluate the incidence of this variation, 143 operative reports from patients who had Wartenberg's syndrome were reviewed. The variation was observed in seven patients. We conclude that any operation for Wartenberg's syndrome should include a thorough investigation of the site where the radial sensory nerve emerges from under the fascia and, if the nerve emerges through a split brachioradialis tendon, the anomalous tendon slip should be divided.
AB - A retrospective study was designed to verify how often an anatomic variation caused the radial sensory nerve entrapment at the forearm (Wartenberg's syndrome). This variation, in which the superficial branch of the radial nerve emerges from under the fascia between two slips of a split brachioradialis tendon, was mentioned once in a clinical textbook as a basis for nerve entrapment but was found to occur in 5 of 150 dissected arms in 4 of 75 cadavers (3.3% of the investigated arms) in a recent anatomic study. To evaluate the incidence of this variation, 143 operative reports from patients who had Wartenberg's syndrome were reviewed. The variation was observed in seven patients. We conclude that any operation for Wartenberg's syndrome should include a thorough investigation of the site where the radial sensory nerve emerges from under the fascia and, if the nerve emerges through a split brachioradialis tendon, the anomalous tendon slip should be divided.
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U2 - 10.1016/S0363-5023(05)80290-4
DO - 10.1016/S0363-5023(05)80290-4
M3 - Article
C2 - 7594301
AN - SCOPUS:0029027056
VL - 20
SP - 676
EP - 678
JO - Journal of Hand Surgery
JF - Journal of Hand Surgery
SN - 0363-5023
IS - 4
ER -