HUMAN ANATOMY
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Author: SALADIN
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Chapter 14, Problem 5TYC
When a patient needs a tendon graft, surgeons sometimes use the tendon of the palmaris longus, a relatively dispensable muscle of the forearm. The median nerve lies nearby and looks very similar to this tendon. There have been cases in which a surgeon mistakenly removed a section of this nerve instead of the tendon. What effects do you think such a mistake would have on the patient?
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HUMAN ANATOMY
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