Struthers' ligament and associated median nerve variations in a cadaveric specimen

Authors

S. F. Gunther, Washington Hospital Center
D. DiPasquale, Washington Hospital Center
R. Martin, Washington Hospital Center

Document Type

Conference Proceeding

Publication Date

1-1-1994

Journal

Yale Journal of Biology and Medicine

Volume

66

Issue

3

Abstract

A Ligament of Struthers has been identified and studied in a cadavaric arm. Its relationships to a rudimentary supracondylar process, the pronator teres muscle, the median nerve, and the medial epicondyle of the humerus are described. Compared to an extensively studied series of normals, the ligament in this case was associated with abnormally proximal branching of the median nerve, a finding which is surgically significant and not addressed in the literature to date.

APA Citation

Gunther, S., DiPasquale, D., & Martin, R. (1994). Struthers' ligament and associated median nerve variations in a cadaveric specimen. Yale Journal of Biology and Medicine, 66 (3). Retrieved from https://hsrc.himmelfarb.gwu.edu/smhs_orthosurg_facpubs/579