ABSTRACT
The anatomy of the sural at dorsum of foot in 135 Thai cadaveric limbs was determined by dissection. Seventy-four limbs (54.8%) supplied skin and fascia as many as lateral one and a haft toes. Only one limb (0.7%) was found to supply as many as lateral three and a haft toes. Fifty-one limbs (38.0%) were found to have communicating branches between the sural nerve and the superficial peroneal nerve. This basic knowledge is useful for peripheral nerve grafting and peripheral neuropathy.
ABSTRACT
Four hundred and sixty five lumbar vertebrae of Thais, 245 males and 220 females, were studied for the vertebral foramen, body and inferior Vertebral notches. The antero posterior (A – P) diameter of vertebral foramen and body, the transverse diameter and thickness of the body, the which and depth of inferior vertebral notches were measured. The average values of the vertebral foramen, body and inferior vertebral notches were noted in males and females. The changes of size of the vertebral foramen, body and inferior vertebral notches of the 1st to 5th lumbar vertebrae were noted and a graph was plotted. The graph showed that the A –P diameter of the vertebral foramen decreased from the 1st to the 3rd lumbar vertebral and then increased in diameter in the 4th and 5th lumbar vertebrae; this diameter in males was larger than of the females. The A –P diameter, transverse diameter and thickness of the vertebrae body increased from the 1st to 5th lumbar vertebrae and these values in males were larger than those of the females. The width and depth of the inferior vertebral notches varied. The notches of the 1st lumbar vertebrae in females were wider and deeper than those of the males. In the 2nd lumbar vertebrae, the width of the notches in males and females were similar but the depth in males was deeper than that of the females. In the 3rd lumbar vertebrae, the notches were wider in males but deeper in females. The notches of the 4th lumbar vertebrae in males were wider and deeper than of the females but in the 5th lumbar vertebrae, the width and depth of the notches in females were larger than those of the males.