STUDY OF NEURAL BONY CANAL IN HUMAN CLAVICLE OF JHARKHAND POPULATION AND ITS CLINICAL SIGNIFICANCE

CAMELLIA CHANDA; K. SANDHYA; RENU PRASAD

Volume : VI, Issue : VII, July - 2017

STUDY OF NEURAL BONY CANAL IN HUMAN CLAVICLE OF JHARKHAND POPULATION AND ITS CLINICAL SIGNIFICANCE

Camellia Chanda, K. Sandhya, Renu Prasad

Abstract :

Aim: To find the incidence and clinical correlation of bony neural canal in clavicle.

Objective: To understand the existence of bony neural canal as an anatomic entity for the knowledge of physicians.

Material and methods: 54 adult human clavicles were procured from the Department of Anatomy, RIMS, Ranchi, Jharkhand, for the study. Each clavicle was carefully observed for the presence of bony canal and its location in the shaft.

Results: The incidence of bony neural foramen in the clavicle was found to be 1.8% and it was found located at the junction of middle and lateral third of the shaft.

Conclusion: This study is of clinical importance to physicians, surgeons and radiologists. The existence of bony neural canal in clavicle is an anatomic entity which can lead to intermediate supraclavicular nerve entrapment, which should be considered in the differential diagnosis of shoulder pain. Also, there could be a possibility of the clavicle being weakened by the presence of such a bony canal at a site which is already the weakest part of the bone.