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Kaplan anastomosis of the ulnar nerve: a case report

INTRODUCTION: The sensory innervation of the hand is usually unvarying and anomalies in this area are uncommon. CASE PRESENTATION: We report the case of a rare ulnar nerve branch called a Kaplan anastomosis, which anastomosed the dorsal cutaneous branch with the ulnar nerve prior to its bifurcation...

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Autores principales: Paraskevas, Georgios, Ch Gekas, Christos, Tzaveas, Alexandros, Spyridakis, Ioannis, Stoltidou, Alexandra, Ph Tsitsopoulos, Parmenion
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2008
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2365964/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18412973
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1752-1947-2-107
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author Paraskevas, Georgios
Ch Gekas, Christos
Tzaveas, Alexandros
Spyridakis, Ioannis
Stoltidou, Alexandra
Ph Tsitsopoulos, Parmenion
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Spyridakis, Ioannis
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description INTRODUCTION: The sensory innervation of the hand is usually unvarying and anomalies in this area are uncommon. CASE PRESENTATION: We report the case of a rare ulnar nerve branch called a Kaplan anastomosis, which anastomosed the dorsal cutaneous branch with the ulnar nerve prior to its bifurcation into the superficial and deep ramus. CONCLUSION: Many authors have reported unusual ulnar nerve branches and knowledge of these anatomical variations is important for the interpretation of pain and sensory loss in the area sustained during injuries or surgical procedures. Our finding is the fourth case of a Kaplan anastomosis to be described in the literature.
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spelling pubmed-23659642008-05-03 Kaplan anastomosis of the ulnar nerve: a case report Paraskevas, Georgios Ch Gekas, Christos Tzaveas, Alexandros Spyridakis, Ioannis Stoltidou, Alexandra Ph Tsitsopoulos, Parmenion J Med Case Reports Case Report INTRODUCTION: The sensory innervation of the hand is usually unvarying and anomalies in this area are uncommon. CASE PRESENTATION: We report the case of a rare ulnar nerve branch called a Kaplan anastomosis, which anastomosed the dorsal cutaneous branch with the ulnar nerve prior to its bifurcation into the superficial and deep ramus. CONCLUSION: Many authors have reported unusual ulnar nerve branches and knowledge of these anatomical variations is important for the interpretation of pain and sensory loss in the area sustained during injuries or surgical procedures. Our finding is the fourth case of a Kaplan anastomosis to be described in the literature. BioMed Central 2008-04-15 /pmc/articles/PMC2365964/ /pubmed/18412973 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1752-1947-2-107 Text en Copyright © 2008 Paraskevas et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0 This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License ( (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0) ), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Paraskevas, Georgios
Ch Gekas, Christos
Tzaveas, Alexandros
Spyridakis, Ioannis
Stoltidou, Alexandra
Ph Tsitsopoulos, Parmenion
Kaplan anastomosis of the ulnar nerve: a case report
title Kaplan anastomosis of the ulnar nerve: a case report
title_full Kaplan anastomosis of the ulnar nerve: a case report
title_fullStr Kaplan anastomosis of the ulnar nerve: a case report
title_full_unstemmed Kaplan anastomosis of the ulnar nerve: a case report
title_short Kaplan anastomosis of the ulnar nerve: a case report
title_sort kaplan anastomosis of the ulnar nerve: a case report
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2365964/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18412973
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1752-1947-2-107
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