Lateral dorsal cutaneous nerve

Lateral dorsal cutaneous nerve
Lateral dorsal cutaneous nerve
	Diagram of the segmental distribution of the cutaneous nerves of the sole of the foot.
	Cutaneous nerves of the right lower extremity. Front and posterior views.
Details
From	sural nerve
Identifiers
Latin	nervus cutaneus dorsalis lateralis
TA98	A14.2.07.063
TA2	6587
FMA	44694
	Anatomical terms of neuroanatomy [edit on Wikidata]

The lateral dorsal cutaneous nerve is a cutaneous branch of the foot.

This is a separate branch from the Lateral sural cutaneous nerve which is located on the back of the leg. This turns into a dorsal digital nerve and supplies the lateral side of the fifth toe. The course of this nerve influences the surgical approach to fixation of fractures of the fifth metatarsal, as the most direct surgical approach is at risk of damaging it.^[1]

Additional images[]

Cutaneous nerves of the right lower extremity. Front and posterior views.

References[]

^ Fansa, AM; Smyth, NA; Murawski, CD; Kennedy, JG (August 2012). "The lateral dorsal cutaneous branch of the sural nerve: clinical importance of the surgical approach to proximal fifth metatarsal fracture fixation". The American Journal of Sports Medicine. 40 (8): 1895–8. doi:10.1177/0363546512448320. PMID 22679294.

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[1] Fansa, AM; Smyth, NA; Murawski, CD; Kennedy, JG (August 2012). "The lateral dorsal cutaneous branch of the sural nerve: clinical importance of the surgical approach to proximal fifth metatarsal fracture fixation". The American Journal of Sports Medicine. 40 (8): 1895–8. doi:10.1177/0363546512448320. PMID 22679294.

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