title: Anatomical study of the valves of the superficial veins of the forearm.
abstract: The valves of the cephalic, basilic and median cubital veins were investigated in the superficial veins of the left forearm in 9 cadavers, aged 25-95. The radial forearm flaps involving these veins are of special clinicoanatomical importance. The following results were obtained: (1) Valves were most frequently evident at Site G of the cephalic vein. No valves were present in Section A-B, (2) type B valves were located at confluences, junctions and branches and were more frequent (54.7%) than Type A (45.3%) located in the straight trunks of superficial forearm veins, (3) Type 2 valves accounted for most (82.3%), and these were followed by Type 1 and Type 4b (5.9%), Type 4a (4.4%) and Type 3 (1.5%).
authors.affiliation: First Dept. of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, School of Dentistry, Showa University, Japan.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Shima
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ohno
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Shimizu
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Michi
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Egawa
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Takiguchi
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002965:Classification; D005260:Female; D005542:Forearm / Q000098:blood supply*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014680:Veins / Q000033:anatomy & histology