Prevalence and clinical implications of median nerve variants within the carpal tunnel: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Pablo Nova Baeza; Maria Fernanda Navia-Ramirez; Melany Lobos-Ortiz; Felipe Alvial Ahumada; Andres Riveros; Mathias Orellana-Donoso; Maria P. Moya; Andrea Carolina Estrada-Hernandez; Luis Alfredo Angarita-Arevalo; Daniel Casanova-Martinez; Maria Piagkou; George Triantafyllou; Juan José Valenzuela Fuenzalida; Juan Sanchis Gimeno; Jessica Paola Loaiza-Giraldo; Marko Konschake; Guinevere Granite

doi:10.1016/j.cpsurg.2026.102027

Prevalence and clinical implications of median nerve variants within the carpal tunnel: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Pablo Nova Baeza
, Maria Fernanda Navia-Ramirez
, Melany Lobos-Ortiz
, Felipe Alvial Ahumada
, Andres Riveros
, Mathias Orellana-Donoso
, Maria P. Moya
, Andrea Carolina Estrada-Hernandez
, Luis Alfredo Angarita-Arevalo
, Daniel Casanova-Martinez
, Maria Piagkou
, George Triantafyllou
, Juan José Valenzuela Fuenzalida
, Juan Sanchis Gimeno
, Jessica Paola Loaiza-Giraldo
, Marko Konschake^*
, Guinevere Granite

^*Corresponding author for this work

Surgery

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Original language	English
Article number	102027
Journal	Current Problems in Surgery
Volume	79
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cpsurg.2026.102027
State	Published - Jun 2026

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Baeza, P. N., Navia-Ramirez, M. F., Lobos-Ortiz, M., Ahumada, F. A., Riveros, A., Orellana-Donoso, M., Moya, M. P., Estrada-Hernandez, A. C., Angarita-Arevalo, L. A., Casanova-Martinez, D., Piagkou, M., Triantafyllou, G., Fuenzalida, J. J. V., Gimeno, J. S., Loaiza-Giraldo, J. P., Konschake, M., & Granite, G. (2026). Prevalence and clinical implications of median nerve variants within the carpal tunnel: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Current Problems in Surgery, 79, Article 102027. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cpsurg.2026.102027

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Prevalence and clinical implications of median nerve variants within the carpal tunnel: A systematic review and meta-analysis

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