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<article xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" dtd-version="1.0" article-type="healthcare" lang="en"><front><journal-meta><journal-id journal-id-type="publisher">IJCRR</journal-id><journal-id journal-id-type="nlm-ta">I Journ Cur Res Re</journal-id><journal-title-group><journal-title>International Journal of Current Research and Review</journal-title><abbrev-journal-title abbrev-type="pubmed">I Journ Cur Res Re</abbrev-journal-title></journal-title-group><issn pub-type="ppub">2231-2196</issn><issn pub-type="opub">0975-5241</issn><publisher><publisher-name>Open Science Publishers LLP</publisher-name></publisher></journal-meta><article-meta><article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">50</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="doi"/><article-id pub-id-type="doi-url"/><article-categories><subj-group subj-group-type="heading"><subject>Healthcare</subject></subj-group></article-categories><title-group><article-title>STUDY OF VARIANT CONNECTIONS OF MEDIAN NERVE WITH MUSCULOCUTANEOUS NERVE&#13;
</article-title></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Sawant</surname><given-names>Sharadkumar Pralhad</given-names></name></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Shaikh</surname><given-names>Shaguphta T.</given-names></name></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>More</surname><given-names>Rakhi M.</given-names></name></contrib></contrib-group><pub-date pub-type="ppub"><day>30</day><month>11</month><year>2012</year></pub-date><volume>03</volume><issue>03</issue><fpage>35</fpage><lpage>43</lpage><permissions><copyright-statement>This article is copyright of Popeye Publishing, 2009</copyright-statement><copyright-year>2009</copyright-year><license license-type="open-access" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"><license-p>This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY 4.0) Licence. You may share and adapt the material, but must give appropriate credit to the source, provide a link to the licence, and indicate if changes were made.</license-p></license></permissions><abstract><p>Aim: Study of variant connections of median nerve with musculocutaneous nerve. Materials and Methods : 100 upper limbs of 50 donated embalmed cadavers (45 males __ampersandsignamp; 5 females) of age group ranging from 70 to 80 years were studied in the department of Anatomy at K. J. Somaiya Medical College, Sion, Mumbai, INDIA, the variant connections between the median nerve and the musculocutaneous nerve were observed. The finding was noted after thorough and meticulous dissection of the upper limbs of both sides. The arterial pattern in the arm was also observed. The photographs of the communication were taken for proper documentation. Observations: Out of 100 specimens the variant connections between the median nerve and the musculocutaneous nerve were found in 30 specimens i.e. 30% of the total specimens. Out of 30 specimens, 4 specimens showed the median nerve getting the communicating branch from the musculocutaneous nerve, 6 specimens showed the formation of the median nerve by medial and lateral roots in the middle of the arm; 12 specimens showed that the musculocutaneous nerve traveled some distance with the median nerve and then it got separated from the median nerve, the remaining 8 specimens showed that all the muscles of the front of the arm were supplied by the median nerve. The musculocutaneous nerve was absent. There was no associated arterial variations seen in any of the specimens. Conclusion: The presence of such type of variations are clinically important for surgeons, orthopaedicians and anaesthetist performing pain management therapies on the upper limb. These variations are compared with the earlier data __ampersandsignamp; it is concluded that variations in branching pattern of cords of brachial plexus are a rule rather than exception.&#13;
</p></abstract><kwd-group><kwd>Brachial plexus</kwd><kwd> Brachial Artery</kwd><kwd> Median Nerve</kwd><kwd> variant connections</kwd><kwd> Musculocutaneous  nerve</kwd><kwd> Communicating branch</kwd><kwd> Pain Management Therapies.</kwd></kwd-group></article-meta></front></article>
