Research Article
Study of Sural Nerve Complex in Human Cadavers
Table 4
Place of union between MSCN and PCN.
| | Author | Popliteal fossa | Upper 1/3 of leg | Middle 1/3 of leg | Distal 1/3 of leg |
| | William (1954) [3] | Majority of the cases | — | — | — | | Huelke (1958) [5] | — | — | — | 75% | | Ortiguela et al. (1987) [6] | — | — | — | Majority of the cases | | Coert and Dellon (1994) [15] | 12% | — | — | 84% | | Uluutku et al. (2000) [7] | — | — | 81.8% | — | | Mestdagh et al. (2001) [11] | — | — | Majority of the cases | Mahakkanukrauh and
Chomsung (2002) [16] | 5.9% | 1.9% | 66.7% | 25.5% | | Ugrenovic et al. (2005) [12] | — | — | — | — | | Aktan Ikiz et al. (2005) [14] | — | 60% | 10% | | Pyun and Kwon (2008) [17] | — | — | 34.6% | 42.3% | | Eid and Hegazy (2011) [2] | — | — | — | 62% | | Albay et al. (2012) [13] | — | 11% | 46% | 43% | | Present study | 2% | — | 20% | 38% |
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MSCN: medial sural cutaneous nerve; PCN: peroneal communicating nerve.
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