The precise localization of distal motor branches of the tibial nerve in the deep posterior compartment of the leg

Surgical and Radiologic Anatomy

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 291-295

  Apaydin, Nihal ^a,b   Loukas, Marios ^b,c   Kendir, Simel ^a   Tubbs, R Shane ^d   Jordan, Robert ^b   Tekdemir, Ibrahim ^a   Elhan, Alaittin ^a  

^a ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b St George's University   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

Anatomy; Deep posterior compartment of the leg; Fibular graft; Tibial nerve; Tibial osteotomy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTICLE; CADAVER; FEMALE; FIBULA; FIBULA GRAFT; FLEXOR MUSCLE; HUMAN; LEG MUSCLE; MALE; MOTOR NERVE; NEUROANATOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; SURGICAL ANATOMY; TIBIA; TIBIA OSTEOTOMY; TIBIAL NERVE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANIMALS; FEMALE; FIBULA; HUMANS; LEG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; OBSERVER VARIATION; TIBIA; TIBIAL NERVE; TURKEY;

EID: 43849088674     PISSN: 09301038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00276-008-0321-x     Document Type: Article

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