Related Experiment Video
Updated: Mar 24, 2026
Mouse Models for Graft Arteriosclerosis
Published on: May 14, 2013
INTRAMUSCULAR MARTIN-GRUBER ANASTOMOSIS
Edie Benedito Caetano1, Luiz Ângelo Vieira1, Mauricio Ferreira Caetano1
1. Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo, Faculdade de Ciências Médicas e da Saúde, Campus Sorocaba, Sorocaba, SP, Brazil.
Objective:
: This paper reports the incidence, origin, course and anatomical relationships of intramuscular Martin-Gruber anastomosis.
Methods:
: Anatomical dissection of 100 limbs from 50 adults cadavers was performed. The intramuscular Martin-Gruber anastomosis was found in five forearms, three in the right and two in the left side, one was bilateral. All communication were located between the anterior interosseous nerve and the ulnar nerve.
Conclusion:
: The purpose of intramuscular Martin-Gruber anastomosis, which we found in 5% of dissected limbs, is to supply the flexor digitorum profundus muscle and it is unlikely to have any influence on the innervation of the intrinsic muscles of the hand. Level of Evidence IV, Cases Series.
