High sural nerve trifurcation: a rare anatomical variation
The sural nerve is a commonly encountered anatomical structure in foot and ankle surgeries. Knowledge of its location and course is imperative in performing surgeries within its vicinity to avoid neurological deficits. We herein report a rare anatomical variation of the sural nerve where it trifurca...
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| author | Tan, Eng Kee Alias, Azammuddin Yeak, Raymond Jaafar, Mohd Shahril M. Nizlan, Nasir |
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| description | The sural nerve is a commonly encountered anatomical structure in foot and ankle surgeries. Knowledge of its location and course is imperative in performing surgeries within its vicinity to avoid neurological deficits. We herein report a rare anatomical variation of the sural nerve where it trifurcates above the level of the lateral malleolus that was discovered in a patient who underwent internal fixation for a trimalleolar ankle fracture with ipsilateral navicular fracture. This study aimed to raise awareness on a unique anatomical variation of the sural nerve in order to reduce the risk of iatrogenic injury. |
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| spelling | upm-1017092023-08-18T23:55:23Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/101709/ High sural nerve trifurcation: a rare anatomical variation Tan, Eng Kee Alias, Azammuddin Yeak, Raymond Jaafar, Mohd Shahril M. Nizlan, Nasir The sural nerve is a commonly encountered anatomical structure in foot and ankle surgeries. Knowledge of its location and course is imperative in performing surgeries within its vicinity to avoid neurological deficits. We herein report a rare anatomical variation of the sural nerve where it trifurcates above the level of the lateral malleolus that was discovered in a patient who underwent internal fixation for a trimalleolar ankle fracture with ipsilateral navicular fracture. This study aimed to raise awareness on a unique anatomical variation of the sural nerve in order to reduce the risk of iatrogenic injury. Springer Nature journal 2022-10-23 Article PeerReviewed Tan, Eng Kee and Alias, Azammuddin and Yeak, Raymond and Jaafar, Mohd Shahril and M. Nizlan, Nasir (2022) High sural nerve trifurcation: a rare anatomical variation. Cureus, 14 (10). pp. 1-4. ISSN 2168-8184 https://www.cureus.com/articles/119717#!/ 10.7759/cureus.30606 |
| spellingShingle | Tan, Eng Kee Alias, Azammuddin Yeak, Raymond Jaafar, Mohd Shahril M. Nizlan, Nasir High sural nerve trifurcation: a rare anatomical variation |
| title | High sural nerve trifurcation: a rare anatomical variation |
| title_full | High sural nerve trifurcation: a rare anatomical variation |
| title_fullStr | High sural nerve trifurcation: a rare anatomical variation |
| title_full_unstemmed | High sural nerve trifurcation: a rare anatomical variation |
| title_short | High sural nerve trifurcation: a rare anatomical variation |
| title_sort | high sural nerve trifurcation: a rare anatomical variation |
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