title: [The posterior interosseous artery. Descriptive anatomy. Possibilities of clinical and orthopedic applications].
abstract: Study of 25 forearms of fresh cadavers, whose the arteries have been injected with colored latex. The posterior interosseous artery is known for its superficial branches, which allow to autonomise cutaneous dorsal flaps. Its way, along the ulna allows to imagine other possibilities by use of the constant branches of this artery, which supplies the proximal and the distal extremities of the bone. The proximal branch is the posterior recurrent radial artery, which supplies the posterolateral face of the proximal pars of the diaphysis, in touch of the insertions of the supinator muscle, and the lateral edge of the olecranon. The distal arteries shape 2 or 3 fascicles, which disperse on the extremity of the diaphysis and the cervical pars of the ulna. To realize a vascular pedicle with the posterior interosseous artery, two cases can be envisaged: use of the distal ulnar epiphysis and creating of a direct pedicle. use of the proximal ulnar epiphysis and creating of a recurrent pedicle.
authors.affiliation: Service d'Anatomie de la Pitié-Salpétrière, Paris.
authors.forename: J N
authors.initials: JN
authors.lastname: Kuhlmann
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mimoun
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Guerin-Surville
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Baux
mesh_terms: D000714:Anastomosis, Surgical; D001158:Arteries / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D001160:Arterioles / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000601:surgery; D016025:Bone Transplantation / Q000473:pathology; D005542:Forearm / Q000098:blood supply*; D006801:Humans; D017534:Radial Artery / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000601:surgery
vernacular_title: L'artère interosseuse postérieure. Anatomie descriptive. Possibilités d'application clinique en orthopédie.