Preliminary assessment of anatomical variability of nervus peroneus superficialis in the foetal period.
2003
An assessment of the variability of the course and ramifications of the superficial
peroneal nerve within the crus was made on a material of 33 foetuses of both
sexes miscarried in the 6th month of foetal life. Particular attention was paid to
the relation of the nerve under examination to the anterior intermuscular septum.
To facilitate the analysis the material investigated was grouped into several
types.
The post mortem examination revealed that the nerve referred to followed
a typical course within the shank in 54% of cases. At the same time in 15% of
cases the examined nerve was split into two terminal branches within the fascial
compartment of fibular muscles, leaving the fascia independently. In 19% of
cases n. peroneus superficialis passes through the intermuscular septum to the
anterior fascial compartment of the shank. Moreover, in 12% of cases the presence
was demonstrated of n. peroneus superficialis accessorius passing together
with n. peroneus profundus to the extensors chamber and further on into the
medial cutaneous nerve of the foot.
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