Prevalence of Bifid Median Nerve and the Cross-Sectional Area as Assessed by Ultrasonography in Healthy Japanese Subjects

Purpose: Ultrasonography is useful for evaluating anatomical variations of the median nerve and aids in diagnosing carpal tunnel syndrome by assessing the cross-sectional area (CSA) at the carpal tunnel inlet. The purposes of this study were to investigate the prevalence of the bifid median nerve an...

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Main Authors: Satoshi Shinagawa, MD, Tsuyoshi Tajika, MD, PhD, Noboru Oya, MD, PhD, Fumitaka Endo, MD, Takuro Kuboi, MD, Noritaka Hamano, MD, Tsuyoshi Sasaki, MD, PD, Tsuyoshi Ichinose, MD, PD, Hitoshi Shitara, MD, PhD, Kenji Takagishi, MD, PhD, Hirotaka Chikuda, MD, PhD
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2019-04-01
Series:Journal of Hand Surgery Global Online
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2589514118300483