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Intraoperative photograph demonstrating motor branching of the median nerve proximal to the transverse carpal ligament
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During surgery for releasing the left carpal tunnel in a 62-year-old lady, the thenar muscular branch of the median nerve was observed to originate 2.5 cm above the proximal border of the transverse carpal ligament [Figure 1].
Illustration showing the course of motor branching of the median nerve
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It entered the thenar compartment in an intramuscular fashion [Figure 2].