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Detailed knowledge of these variations is essential to prevent iatrogenic injury and improve clinical outcomes.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Materials and Methods<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      Eighteen donors (36 upper limbs) were dissected at Mercer School of Medicine, Columbus, Georgia, United States. The sample included 10 males and 8 females, aged 36\u201389 years (mean age: 67.67 years). 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Several rare or previously undescribed findings were noted, including a median nerve with an accessory lateral root located between the main and aberrant axillary arteries, a rare communication between the medial cord and lateral root of the median nerve, a rare communication between the ulnar and median nerves in the upper arm, bifurcation of the musculocutaneous nerve, trifurcation of the radial nerve, trifurcation of the axillary nerve, posterior division of the axillary nerve passing through the triangular space, posterior division of the axillary nerve supplying both teres minor and teres major, bifurcated axillary nerve accompanied by an accessory subscapularis muscle, accessory thoracodorsal nerve arising from the axillary nerve, and quadfurcation of the posterior cord.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Contrary to previous literature, axillary nerve variations were the most common. 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