The Arterial Supply of the Thumb, First Web and Index Finger and its Surgical Application

1986 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 163-174
Author(s):  
M. J. EARLEY

A detailed examination of twenty cadaver hands has been carried out in order to elucidate the arterial blood supply of the thumb, first web, and index finger, relating this to revascularization, replantation and possible flaps in that area. The vessels are described in turn, and it is demonstrated that the terms “princeps pollicis” and “arteria radialis indicis” are misnomers. The results of the dissections are compared to those of others and the differences recorded.

1995 ◽  
Vol 1995 ◽  
pp. 202-202
Author(s):  
G.E. Callaghan ◽  
M.H. Anil ◽  
J.L. McKinstry ◽  
A.V. Fisher

Continuation of arterial blood supply to the head following slaughter of certain ruminant meat animal species can lead to delays in loss of sensibility and present welfare problems. This sometimes occurs in cattle due to an anastomosis linking the vertebral arteries to the carotid rete. The arterial supply to the head of the ox was found to differ from that of the sheep. In the ox the vertebral arteries can supply blood to the carotid rete via the basi-occipital plexus (Baldwin and Bell, 1963). This additional anastomosis means that there is still a potential blood supply to the head after the carotids have been severed by neck sticking Anil et al, 1995). Blood clots on the severed carotid arteries following neck sticking can occur in up to 40% of cases to varying degrees and sometimes lead to occlusions for a number of reasons. This phenomenon of carotid occlusion means the occipital-vertebral anastomosis and the vertebral-carotid rete anastomosis take on more importance when neck sticking is used. This is especially true for religious slaughter and neck sticking where electrical stunning is used. It is not clear whether such an anastomosis exists in the head of red deer. The traditional and still legal method of slaughter of farmed deer is by head shot in the field, however, there has been an increase in the number of deer being culled in abattoirs. In addition, there have been recent suggestions that religious slaughter without stunning may be initiated in the U.K. abattoirs. This possibility and and the increased number of abattoirs slaughtering deer have prompted this study to look at the arterial blood supply in the head of the deer. This increase combined with the problems of arterial supply found in cattle has prompted this study.


The present study was conducted on eight fresh forelimbs to investigate a detailed anatomical description of the arterial blood supply in adult dromedary camel’s foot. Anatomical and angiographic techniques were used in order to give detailed data about the origin and pattern of distribution of these arteries. Moreover, this data serve other researchers in comparison with different animals. The specimens injected with red colored gum milk latex for anatomical dissection and urograffin injection for angiographic purposes throughout the median artery. The main arterial blood supply of camel’s digit was derived from common palmar digital artery, palmar metacarpal artery, in addition to smaller branches detached from the dorsal metacarpal artery.


2015 ◽  
Vol 136 (1) ◽  
pp. 167-178 ◽  
Author(s):  
Charalambos A. Georgiou ◽  
Marc Benatar ◽  
Pierre Dumas ◽  
Bérengère Chignon-Sicard ◽  
Thierry Balaguer ◽  
...  

1984 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 8-14 ◽  
Author(s):  
I. Eliachar ◽  
A. Marcovich ◽  
Y. Har Shai ◽  
E. Lindenbaum

ORL ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 80 (5-6) ◽  
pp. 238-247 ◽  
Author(s):  
Badr Eldin Mostafa ◽  
Talaat Ali Elsamny ◽  
Tamer Ali Youssef ◽  
Ahmed Bahaa Elserwi ◽  
Ahmed Abdelmoneim Teaima

Hand Surgery ◽  
1998 ◽  
Vol 03 (01) ◽  
pp. 63-69 ◽  
Author(s):  
H.-G. Simank ◽  
M. Schiltenwolf ◽  
W. Krempien

The etiology of the necrosis of the lunate bone is still unclear. In today's theories, the necrosis is explained by impairment of the arterial bone circulation or fracture following mechanical overloading. In this study, six specimen in different stages of the disease were investigated histologically. In all the specimens, focal necrosis was detected, but also signs of regeneration, i.e. immature bone formation. No signs of fracture were seen in all stages of the disease. These findings are not compatible with sudden interruption of arterial blood supply or fracture of the lunate bone as a primary lesion. Comparable histological patterns are known in the necrosis of the femoral head. The etiological model of necrosis of the femoral head is well investigated and postulates primary marrow hypertension, induced by impairment of the venous drainage. Our results are contradictory to the etiological theories of fracture or breakdown of the arterial blood supply as a primary lesion in Kienböck's disease, and support the assumption that the model of intraosseous hypertension is transferable to the necrosis of the lunate bone.


Endocrinology ◽  
1966 ◽  
Vol 78 (3) ◽  
pp. 648-651
Author(s):  
HANS SELYE ◽  
BEATRIZ TUCHWEBER ◽  
PAVEL ROHAN

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