Kazzara Raeburn1, Danny Burns1, Robert Hage1, R Shane Tubbs1,2, Marios Loukas3. 1. Department of Anatomical Sciences, School of Medicine, St. George's University, St. George's, Grenada, West Indies. 2. Pediatric Neurosurgery, Children's Hospital of Alabama, Birmingham, AL, USA. 3. Department of Anatomical Sciences, School of Medicine, St. George's University, St. George's, Grenada, West Indies. mloukas@sgu.edu.
Abstract
PURPOSE: Cross-sectional sonographic measurements are considered first-line confirmatory tests in diagnosing peripheral nerve entrapment syndromes. Our aim is to establish normal values of cross-sectional area of the posterior interosseous nerve (PIN) at the arcade of Frohse, the most common site of compression of this nerve. METHODS: The PIN was identified with ultrasound on 50 healthy adults and 30 cadavers. Measurements of the cross-sectional area (CSA), antero-posterior (AP) and lateral (L) distances were taken immediately proximal and distal to the arcade of Frohse. RESULTS: The mean AP and L distances of the PIN proximal to the arcade of Frohse were 0.111 cm (0 ± 0.021) and 0.266 cm (±0.058), respectively, while the mean AP and L distances of the PIN distal to the arcade of Frohse were 0.085 cm (±0.019) and 0.343 cm (±0.057), respectively. P squared testing showed a statistically significant difference between the AP and lateral distances of the PIN when comparing proximal and distal to the arcade (p ≤ 0.001). However, the mean CSA of the PIN measured immediately proximal to the arcade of Frohse was 0.022 cm(2) (±0.005); immediately distal to the arcade of Frohse, it was 0.023 cm(2) (±0.004). t test showed no statistical difference between the two regions (p = 0.11). CONCLUSIONS: Our study has provided reference values for the PIN in healthy individuals at the arcade of Frohse. Although, there is a flattening of the nerve as it enters the supinator muscle, this should not be mistaken for nerve entrapment as the size of the nerve remains consistent.
PURPOSE: Cross-sectional sonographic measurements are considered first-line confirmatory tests in diagnosing peripheral nerve entrapment syndromes. Our aim is to establish normal values of cross-sectional area of the posterior interosseous nerve (PIN) at the arcade of Frohse, the most common site of compression of this nerve. METHODS: The PIN was identified with ultrasound on 50 healthy adults and 30 cadavers. Measurements of the cross-sectional area (CSA), antero-posterior (AP) and lateral (L) distances were taken immediately proximal and distal to the arcade of Frohse. RESULTS: The mean AP and L distances of the PIN proximal to the arcade of Frohse were 0.111 cm (0 ± 0.021) and 0.266 cm (±0.058), respectively, while the mean AP and L distances of the PIN distal to the arcade of Frohse were 0.085 cm (±0.019) and 0.343 cm (±0.057), respectively. P squared testing showed a statistically significant difference between the AP and lateral distances of the PIN when comparing proximal and distal to the arcade (p ≤ 0.001). However, the mean CSA of the PIN measured immediately proximal to the arcade of Frohse was 0.022 cm(2) (±0.005); immediately distal to the arcade of Frohse, it was 0.023 cm(2) (±0.004). t test showed no statistical difference between the two regions (p = 0.11). CONCLUSIONS: Our study has provided reference values for the PIN in healthy individuals at the arcade of Frohse. Although, there is a flattening of the nerve as it enters the supinator muscle, this should not be mistaken for nerve entrapment as the size of the nerve remains consistent.
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Keywords:
Arcade of Frohse; Peripheral nerve entrapment; Posterior interosseous nerve (PIN); Posterior interosseous nerve syndrome; Ultrasound of posterior interosseous nerve
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