Clinical Assessment of the Congenital Absence of Palmaris Longus and Flexor Digitorum Superficialis Muscles in Young Saudi Population

Table 4

Parameters of the Palmaris Longus (PL) versus Flexor Digitorum Superficialis (FDS) muscle.

Palmaris Longus	Flexor Digitorum Superficialis
	Present (both hands)	Absent (both hands)	Present (right hand)	Present (left hand)	Total
Present (both hands)	142 (67.6%)	33 (67.3%)	27 (67.5%)	26 (81.2%)	228
Absent (both hands)	32 (15.2%)	11 (22.4%)	6 (15.0%)	1 (3.1%)	50
Present (right hand)	19 (9.0%)	2 (4.0%)	3 (7.5%)	3 (9.3%)	27
Present (left hand)	17 (8.09%)	3 (6.1%)	4 (10.0%)	2 (6.2%)	27
Total	210	49	40	32	331

  value ≥ 0.595.