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Title
Innervation of the elbow joint: is total denervation possible? A cadaveric anatomic study
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Abstract
The aim of this anatomical study was to find out if total denervation of the elbow joint is technically feasible. The endbranches of the brachial plexus of eight fresh-frozen upper arm cadavers were dissected with optical loupe magnification. All major nerves of the upper limb (except the axillary and the medial brachial cutaneous nerve) give some terminal articular endbranches to the elbow. The articular endbranches arise from muscular endbranches, cutaneous endbranches, or arise straight from the main nerves of the brachial plexus. A topographic diagram was made of the different nerves innervating the elbow joint. The ulno-posterior part of the elbow is innervated by the ulnar nerve and some branches of medial antebrachial cutaneous nerve. The radial-posterior part of the elbow is innervated exclusively by the radial nerve. The ulno-anterior part of the elbow is innervated by the median nerve and the musculocutaneous nerve. The radio-anterior part of the elbow is innervated by the radial nerve and the musculocutaneous nerve. These elbow innervation findings are relevant to both anatomical and clinical field as they provide evidence that the total denervation of the elbow joint is impossible. Nevertheless, partial denervation, like denervation of the lateral epicondyle or the ulnar part of elbow, is technically possible.
Language
English
Source (journal)
Clinical anatomy: official journal of the American Association of Clinical Anatomists & the British Association of Clinical Anatomists. - New York, N.Y.
Publication
New York, N.Y. : 2012
ISSN
0897-3806 [print]
1098-2353 [online]
DOI
10.1002/CA.22026
Volume/pages
25 :6 (2012) , p. 746-754
ISI
000307309600011
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