between 1371 to 1379, of 10 patients with radial tunnel syndrome, 9 patients were treated by decompression of the posterior interosseous nerve. 8 patients were followed up more than 10 months. one patient improved without surgery. half of the patients suffered from pain and all of them had variable degrees of paralysis in muscles innervated by deep branch of the radial nerve. the syndrome was d...

conclusions complete recovery of the hand and finger extension was achieved in nine months. case presentation a 61 year-old man presented with the chief complaint of inability to extend the wrist and the fingers of the left hand which began suddenly the night before admission, following a three-week history of pain, numbness and tingling sensation of the affected extremity. he had no history of...

OBJECTIVES Superficial ulnar artery is a vascular anomaly that may be encountered during elevation of forearm flaps for head and neck reconstruction. This anomaly should be considered in patients with a positive Allen's test. STUDY DESIGN Case report and retrospective review of forearm flaps performed at our institution. METHODS A 72-year-old man with a history of total laryngectomy present...

BACKGROUND This study assessed the neurologic and cosmetic outcome of the endoscopic radial artery harvesting (ERH) technique in coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG). METHODS AND RESULTS The study group comprised 257 consecutive patients who underwent CABG between January 2001 and August 2005 at Kyungpook National University Hospital. The first 157 patients (open group) underwent convention...

Isolated lesions of the posterior interosseous nerve of the forearm are uncommon. Most follow injury to the elbow region The clinical features of a long-standing lesion of the nerve are wasting of the posterior forearm muscles (excepting brachio-radialis and extensor carpi radialis longus), diminution or loss of active extension of the fingers at the metacarpo-phalangeal joints, and weakness or...

Variations in formation of the superficial palmar arch are common. A classic superficial palmar arch is defined as direct continuity between the superficial branch of the ulnar artery and superficial palmar branch of the radial artery. During routine dissection classes to undergraduate medical students we have observed formation of superficial palmar arch solely by superficial branch of ulnar a...