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Bifid Median Nerve with Persistent Median Artery
The prevalence of bifid median nerve is 10% in unmatched healthy populations and 12.7% among patients diagnosed with carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS). The prevalence of bifid median nerve with persistent median artery among healthy and CTS patients was 5% and 6%, respectively. Bifurcation proximal to or within the carpal tunnel is 8.61-11.48% and 1.0-1.28%, respectively. Compression median neuropathy happens in the palmar type of PMA, characterized by paresthesia and numbness of the fingers (Asghar et al., 2022).
References:
Asghar, A., Patra, A., Ravi, K., Tubbs, R., Kumar, A., & Naaz, S. (2022). Bifid median nerve as an anatomical risk factor for carpal tunnel syndrome: A meta‐analysis. Clinical Anatomy, 35(7), 946-952.
Park, E. J., Hahn, S. Yi, J., Shin, K. J., Lee, Y., & Lee, H. (2021). Comparison of the diagnostic performance of strain elastography and shear wave elastography for the diagnosis of carpal tunnel syndrome. Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine, 40, 1011-1021. Solewski, B., Lis, M., Pekala, J. R., Brzegowy, K., Lauritzen, S. S., Holden, M. K., Walocha, J.
A., Tomaszewski, P. A., Pekala, P. A., & Koziej, M. (2021). The persistent median artery and its vascular patterns: a meta-analysis 10, 394 subjects. Clinical Anatomy, 34, 1171-1185.