Prevalência da anastomose de Martin Gruber: uma revisão sistemática

Abstract

Martin Gruber anastomosis (MGA) is anatomical nervous web variation in the forearm leves, between the ulnar nerve and anterior interosseous nerve. Its’ known prevalence provides epidemiologic clarity to neurologists and surgeons, during their working practice and can be detected by performing forearm’s anatomical dissection. A search was performed by the three authors of this study in PUBMED database by using “Martin Gruber anastomosis” as key word, where were selected originals articles that detected the anatomical variation. Were not included in this study, bibliografic reviews and studies that presentes known genetic or anatomical abnormality in its samples, before the study was performed. Among the selected articles, it was found a 16% AMG prevalence, most commonly as unilateral presentation, on the right side.