Superficial upper limb vasculature and its surgical implications

Any kind of anatomical variation whether encountered during cadaveric dissections or routine clinical or surgical procedures needs to be reported and taken into account. This can be quite helpful in planning surgeries accordingly and avoid disastrous complications. During routine cadaveric dissectio...

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Main Authors: Richa Gupta, Anjali Aggarwal, Tulika Gupta, Harjeet Kaur, Sunil Gaba, Daisy Sahni
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Published: Thieme Medical and Scientific Publishers Pvt. Ltd. 2016-05-01
Series:Indian Journal of Plastic Surgery
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Online Access:http://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.4103/0970-0358.191314
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Harjeet Kaur
Sunil Gaba
Daisy Sahni
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description Any kind of anatomical variation whether encountered during cadaveric dissections or routine clinical or surgical procedures needs to be reported and taken into account. This can be quite helpful in planning surgeries accordingly and avoid disastrous complications. During routine cadaveric dissection, authors found a superficial course of arteries of the arm as well as the forearm, unilaterally in one cadaver. In this case, there were two brachial arteries - superficial and deep. Superficial brachial artery terminated into superficial radial and superficial ulnar artery. Deep brachial artery was trifurcated into common interosseous, medial and lateral artery branches. Authors have also discussed the developmental anomaly, which could have led to the observed morphological variation. Superficial vessels can provide large size pedicles for raising flaps for local reconstructive surgeries in the region of axilla, elbow, wrist or hand, or other regions.
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spelling doaj-art-fd8d21da5f98435da0183e3e9a1486f82025-08-20T03:06:40ZengThieme Medical and Scientific Publishers Pvt. Ltd.Indian Journal of Plastic Surgery0970-03581998-376X2016-05-01490225826010.4103/0970-0358.191314Superficial upper limb vasculature and its surgical implicationsRicha Gupta0Anjali Aggarwal1Tulika Gupta2Harjeet Kaur3Sunil Gaba4Daisy Sahni5Department of Anatomy, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, IndiaDepartment of Anatomy, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, IndiaDepartment of Anatomy, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, IndiaDepartment of Anatomy, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, IndiaDepartment of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, IndiaDepartment of Anatomy, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, IndiaAny kind of anatomical variation whether encountered during cadaveric dissections or routine clinical or surgical procedures needs to be reported and taken into account. This can be quite helpful in planning surgeries accordingly and avoid disastrous complications. During routine cadaveric dissection, authors found a superficial course of arteries of the arm as well as the forearm, unilaterally in one cadaver. In this case, there were two brachial arteries - superficial and deep. Superficial brachial artery terminated into superficial radial and superficial ulnar artery. Deep brachial artery was trifurcated into common interosseous, medial and lateral artery branches. Authors have also discussed the developmental anomaly, which could have led to the observed morphological variation. Superficial vessels can provide large size pedicles for raising flaps for local reconstructive surgeries in the region of axilla, elbow, wrist or hand, or other regions.http://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.4103/0970-0358.191314arterybrachialradialsuperficialulnar
spellingShingle Richa Gupta
Anjali Aggarwal
Tulika Gupta
Harjeet Kaur
Sunil Gaba
Daisy Sahni
Superficial upper limb vasculature and its surgical implications
Indian Journal of Plastic Surgery
artery
brachial
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title Superficial upper limb vasculature and its surgical implications
title_full Superficial upper limb vasculature and its surgical implications
title_fullStr Superficial upper limb vasculature and its surgical implications
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title_short Superficial upper limb vasculature and its surgical implications
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superficial
ulnar
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