Background: The pathophysiology of carpal tunnel syndrome is associated with increased intracarpal canal pressure. Recently, palmaris longus has been introduced as an independent risk factor for the development of carpal tunnel syndrome. The purpose of this study was to assess the association of carpal tunnel syndrome with the presence of palmaris longus tendon and functional superficial flexor...

Background & Aims: Etiologically the causing factor of carpal tunnel syndrome is not clear and multiple contributing factors such as the presence or absence of Palmaris longus tendon have been cited. The aim of the present study was to compare patients with carpal tunnel syndrome and healthy individuals in regard to the absence and presence of Palmaris longus and fifth flexor digitarum superfic...

  Abstract   Background: The pathophysiology of carpal tunnel syndrome is associated with   increased intracarpal canal pressure. Recently, palmaris longus has been introduced   as an independent risk factor for the development of carpal tunnel syndrome. The   purpose of this study was to assess the association of carpal tunnel syndrome with   the presence of palmaris longus tendon and function...

BACKGROUND Carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) describes a set of symptoms caused by compression of the median nerve in the wrist, which is the most common site of nerve compression in the upper limb. This syndrome is a primary source of pain and reduced function in these patients, and the cause is compression of the median nerve where it passes beneath the flexor retinaculum in the wrist. OBJECTIVE...

UNLABELLED The aim of the present study was to develop a novel effective surgical method to repair boutonniere deformity resulting from central slip rupture of finger extensor tendon. Currently, there are not standard methods available to treat boutonniere deformity. PATIENTS AND METHODS In the current study, 8 patients with boutonniere deformity on the left hand were included. All patients h...

BACKGROUND Palmaris longus, being the most variable muscle of the upper extremity is generally considered important morphologically rather than functionally. The palmar aponeurosis represents the distal part of the tendon of Palmaris longus. CASE DETAILS We report here a unique case of palmaris longus presenting variation distally as its tendon divides to gain multiple attachments with the fa...

Introduction The palmaris longus muscle is one of the most variable muscles in the human body [1] . It usually arises from the common flexor origin at the medial epicondyle of the humerus, and from the intermuscular septum. It inserts into the central palmar surface of the palmar aponeurosis. The palmaris longus is an important muscle for hand surgeons as it is commonly used in tendon graft and...

BACKGROUND The palmaris longus tendon is frequently used as a tendon graft or ligament replacement. In rare instances the median nerve has been inadvertently harvested instead of the palmaris longus for use as a tendon. METHODS Nineteen cases in which the median nerve had been mistakenly harvested instead of the palmaris longus tendon were collected from members of the American Society for Su...

INTRODUCTION Accessory muscles and anatomic variations are well described at the Guyon's canal. Though this case report is similar to variants published in previous reports, it differs from the rest due to rapidity of worsening of symptoms in few months following use of cane. CASE PRESENTATION We report a case of 69 year old man with ulnar nerve compression at Guyon's canal by accessory palma...